Don Causey Note: Are anglers really getting on airplanes and flying to destinations outside the United States? Indeed they are, as witness this report I just received from Vince Tobia of Cattaraugus Creek Outfitters, who operates various kinds of trips to the Bahamas, including do-it-yourself outings. His note recaps a check-out trip he just took …
Read more The Bahamas Are Open! All About A Trip To Great Inagua
(Long-time subscriber Walter Kirkland filed this report on a trout trip to the Watauga River in Tennessee with lots of ancillary comments about smallmouth opportunities and other nearby trout opportunities in the Asheville area. Enjoy!) My brother, usually three other friends, and I make at least two trips a year to Western North Carolina to …
To the dismay of anglers and guides all throughout the country, COVID-19 has stopped the tarpon season in its tracks. From Florida to Nicaragua and everywhere in between, the season was seemingly over before it began—at least that is, from the fishing perspective. Under the water’s surface however, it is a very different story. The …
Just in time for tarpon season, BTT is excited to share Trouble with Tarpon, a new film produced in collaboration with our corporate partner, Early Riser Coffee, featuring the Florida Keys tarpon fishery and BTT’s ongoing efforts to research and conserve it.
The angling travel industry is facing unprecedented challenges from the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. It has, quite simply, brought the lodge, guiding, and outfitter business, and the agency businesses that assist them, to a near standstill at this writing. Understandably, many of you are concerned and worried about your booked trips and what will happen to …
Read more Coronavirus Update – Part 2: Bookings & Cancellations
Thursday, March 19, 2020 State Department Ups Global Health Advisory to Level 4: Do Not Travel “The Department of State advises U.S. citizens to avoid all international travel due to the global impact of COVID-19. In countries where commercial departure options remain available, U.S. citizens who live in the United States should arrange for immediate …
Regular Angling Report contributor, Brian Griffith has just sent us this interesting report from a recent trip he took to Colombia with an outfitter that is likely not familiar to many readers. Brian isn’t afraid to rough it, and his reports are often full of adventure, mishaps, and great fishing in remote corners of the …
Some years ago, I was having a drink with a friend the night before he left for a trip to fish in Costa Rica. He was yet to finish packing, and the beers were starting to pile up, so he asked if I could help him finish up a few odds and ends, maybe even …
Having just recently spent 4 nights and 5 days in Louisiana aboard the Outpost mothership, ran by high-end outfitter, Eleven Experience; I suddenly found it harder than usual to get back into the swing of things and the grind of daily life. A cramping right arm and a wandering mind stuck replaying a highlight reel …
Read more Outfitter Critique – Eleven Experience: Outpost Mothership
2020 will be a big year for fly-fishing outfitters, Untamed Angling. Early in the year we reported on the new El Faro lodge, which will be the first waterfront fly fishing lodge in all of Cuba, and now Untamed Angling has informed us that they will be opening a new operation on the Xingu River …