This season was unlike any other. The clients were the best, the gas prices were very high, the fish were very fickle, and the captain had a fantastic year! Thanks for a great season! 2022 from my perspective will be… Read More »Thanks for a great season
The striper season is well underway, so it seems like a good time for … An early July update… Twenty years as a fishing guide has revealed to me many things. Fishing is not a science, sometimes it is simply… Read More »Early July update
A week ago I attended the Women’s Fly Casting Clinic where I caught some new fly casting & fishing tips. The clinic was sponsored by Cape Cod Trout Unlimited and Osterville Anglers Club. Orvis Fly Casting Instructor Chris Kodorda conducted… Read More »fly casting & fishing tips
The season begins with the first fish… After almost a week of strong steady easterly winds, the fog rolled in and the seas calmed. Many fisherman have their beliefs as to when the first fish arrive in the harbor. Some… Read More »the season begins
As a Cape Cod Saltwater Fly Fishing Guide for more than twenty years, I have guided hundreds of striped bass anglers aboard my 20’ center console boat. In those years my clients have been experts, novices, and everyone in between. … Read More »saltwater fly fishing
Spring is popping up all over New England, even here on Cape Cod. Now is a great time to book your 2022 fishing trip(s). Your next fishing charter should be something to look forward to, perhaps even the highlight of… Read More »Your Next fishing charter
Cape Cod Saltwater Flies Olive and white, olive and white, olive and white. Those are the colors of the clouser flies that I’ve always said are the THE CAPE COD SALTWATER FLIES. But not this year. Nope. Everything is different… Read More »Cape Cod Saltwater Flies
June is a great month for fishing Barnstable Harbor June is a great month for fishing Barnstable Harbor as the striped bass have made their way back to the harbor. They were behind schedule this year, almost two weeks later… Read More »June is a great month for fishing Barnstable Harbor
Fall Striper Blitz As a fishing guide there are so many questions asked. A favorite question is, “What’s the best time to fish for in Barnstable Harbor?”. One of the answers to that question is during the Fall Striper Blitz. … Read More »Fall Striper Blitz
So when the phone rings, and the voice on the other end says “I’m a guide” and I’m wondering if you have any availability tomorrow morning for a “Busman’s holiday”, the answer has to be YES! At least it has… Read More »A Fly Fishing Guide’s Busman’s Holiday