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Welcome to floridakeysflyfish.com FloridaKeysFlyFish.com - Islamorada, the Florida Keys... First and foremost we are a flats and backcountry fishing guide service. Our website is dedicated to fly fishing and light tackle in South Florida, the Florida Keys and the Everglades National Park; offering lots of features such as member registration. One of the great things about that is any member can become an author and submit articles to be published within categories of this site...just one of many new features.We think this is a unique way to involve you in our fishing community.
Present Day and the Past Most of the Florida Keys fishing guides are hard working professional Captains who use top quality fishing gear and utilize the latest technology in flats skiffs. Our fishing "season" is perpetual - 12 months a year and most of the fishing guides are full time. Once upon a time it was believed that a number of the legendary Florida Keys fishing guides were temperamental bullies. However back in those days - a long time ago, they were the only game in town and a unique breed of cat.
Fishing Methods and Gear Opinions will vary amongst most fishing guides; your guides knowledge, experience and willingness to travel and fish different areas will lead to greater success on all target species throughout our fishery. I believe that fishing should be fun regardless of the method you choose. In my opinion, you and your your fishing guides willingness to do whatever it takes to make the most of the fishing conditions is the key to success...
Fall 2009 Fishing October, November and December in the Florida Keys and Everglades National Park offers some of the best fishing anywhere in the world. The largest bonefish of the year make their presence known as well as permit, snook and redfish. With the cooler air and water temperatures, snook fishing in the Everglades starts to heat up; giving anglers a great option in the event of cooler and windy conditions associated with cold fronts.
Fly fishing and light tackle trips in the Florida Keys and Everglades Operating out of the Village of Islamorada in the Florida Keys, we guide our anglers just about anywhere in South Florida; fishing from Biscayne Bay to Key West, Marquesas and the Everglades National Park. We're a small group of dedicated full time fishing guides; Captains whose focus is on "sight fishing" and "poling" the flats and backcountry of the Florida Keys, Marquesas and Everglades for tarpon, bonefish, permit, snook and redfish.
Hells Bay Boatworks Hell's Bay Boatworks was formed by renowned Florida fishing guides Hal Chittum and Flip Pallot, along with visionary boat designer Chris Morejohn with one goal in mind … to build the finest fishing boats ever conceived. Merely improving conventional designs was not good enough. They wanted to make sweeping changes in design and construction that would revolutionize the shallow water fishing industry. And they accomplished this.

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Fishing Methods and Gear

Opinions will vary amongst most fishing guides; your guides knowledge, experience and willingness to travel and fish different areas will lead to greater success on all target species throughout our fishery. I believe that fishing should be fun regardless of the method you choose. In my opinion, you and your your fishing guides willingness to do whatever it takes to make the most of the fishing conditions is the key to success...

Selection of flies, artificial's and baits, presentation, know-how and a little luck, all lead to the mastery and enjoyment of the sport.

There's no accurate way to predict or guess the "best" time of the year to target a particular species of game fish. There are however, higher percentage months or "seasons" for most. Weather, migratory patterns, feeding & spawning habits and environmental impact all play roles in the game fishes predictability.

Expect the Unexpected

Sometimes the best fishing of the year is unexpected, such as a warm up in January, providing great tarpon fishing.

Fishing locations throughout South Florida will have different populations of fish throughout the year; most fishing guides would agree that there is no accurate way to predict these subtleties. For example, tarpon fishing in January and February can be the best of the year... but weather dependent and not the "sure thing" like May or June. It pays to be flexible; letting the following conditions dictate the best game plan such as water temperatures, air temperature, tides/moon, wind velocity/direction, current and time of year. One my customers reminded me last year when we had a significant 'later than usual' cold front... he said "You can plan your fishing but you can't plan the conditions."

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