Dock Lights

As promised here are a few shots from charter last night. Chris Oliver... what a great guy, I could tell he is very passionate about fly fishing. We had to work hard for the fish we caught last night (which is not typical of Snook fishing on the dock lights). We are still dealing with some wind and cool water temps, but the great thing is we live in south Florida where we can always find something to bend a rod. Chris is from the coast of Maine where they have been up to their neck in snow for months with nothing to do but watch fishing shows on TV. He luckily decided to drive south for a month to get his fishing fix.

Stuart Fly Fishing in Springtime

With the given economy. I've got to say people are still down this year and willing to fish. I have stayed fairly busy so far this year, not as busy as some, but better than most. Spring is in the air and I really get jazzed up to fish and guide this time of year. The big Jacks and Cobia start showing on the beach, soon after that the Tarpon and permit and then you move into full blown Summer and the Snook fishing is off the hook, not to mention the Little Tunny and the rest of the offshore species that us inshore guides catch in the Summer...It's a great time of year to fish Stuart Florida. Yesterday I fished with Jerry Nergo from Boston Mass. Jerry was just looking to get out and bend a fly rod which is what we tried for, unfortunately we had one of those super windy late February days and the fishing was tough. We did manage some Ladyfish and Jerry managed to hook a big Snook in the south Fork of the St Lucie but the fish didn't stay hooked long. After checking a few spots that baby Tarpon tend to hold in the winter with no luck we called it a day and headed to the dock, again thank goodness for Ladyfish on windy days. Tonight I have a night fly fishing trip which should go well the Snook fishing at night has been great this winter. I will report back tomorrow.

Guides day off

Well tomorrow will be the first time in a while that I have fished for myself. As a flyshop owner and full time guide you would think that I fish all the time...Well not really, I may spend time on the water but I don't get to fish as much as I would like. So tomorrow my good friend and fellow Stuart fly fishing guide John Meskauskas will be hitting the water for some much needed pulling on some big fish, and to make it even better David Mcleaf is coming along to photograph the trip. I have never met David, so I'm looking forward to it. David is a great photographer that gets lots of cover shots for certain fishing publications. Our quarry for the day will be the giant Jacks that have been cruising the beach and also some Spinner Shark action later in the day. So with my 10 and 12wt rods in hand I will hopefully have some great pictures and a story to share tomorrow afternoon. On a side note since I like to put a picture with each post, the one above is a picture I took of a Don Ray painting with my camera on the black and white mode. I thought it turned out pretty cool and wanted to share it.

Capt. Scott Cormier