Salt Season

Route finding meets high hopes on Long Island.

Bahamas style night driving

Coffee, bacon, flies.

Cracked, stained, and, in need of a stitch or two. The feet of Kyle George after 9 straight days of flats stalking.

Deep, shallow, and otherwise. A box of saltwater options for the Long Island.

Bonefish (Albula vulpes) an amphidromous species, that lives in inshore tropical waters and moves onto shallow mudflats to feed with the incoming tide. Also known as the "Grey Ghost" and "Silver Bullet" it's likeness is often seen on wanted posters throughout western fly shops.

Options.

Kyle George working through the realization of ten days without children, time pieces or anything remotely resembling responsibility by casting into the night on a saltwater DIY trip to the Bahamas Long Island.
Zack Dalton
Sales Manager
In order to sell prodcut you really have to know and believe in a product. That means getting on to the deck of a flats boat year after year to help build, deliver, and understand what the best tool is for the job. Here is my perfect setup for the Tarpon in the Keys
- ROD: 1190 X
- REEL: SPECTRUM MAX 11/12
- LINE: RIO Tarpon WF11
Sarah Gardner
Sage Ambassador
Sarah has spent her angling career pursuing fish in the expanse of the bluewater from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Along the way she has learned what equipment works in this demanding environment. This is her perfect setup for bluewater fishing.
- ROD: 1090 X
- REEL: SPECTRUM MAX 9/10
- LINE: RIO Tropical Outbound Short Intermediate WF10I/I
Peter Morse
Sage Ambassador
Some people are born lucky. Peter Morse has traveled the world with a fly rod in hand and has spent countless days wading the flats in search of tailing bonefish and some of the worlds largest bonefish. Here is his perfect setup for the big bones of the Pacific.
- ROD: 990 X
- REEL: SPECTRUM MAX 9/10
- LINE: RIO Bonefish WF9
At Sage, we are anglers and we are craftsman. We are not just a brand, we are workplace, on an island, in Puget Sound. In an era when mass production and mass marketing has infiltrated our lives and our passions, we view our craft and our calling differently. We build the world’s best rods and reels, one at a time, using our hands and hearts. Each rod we make is constructed in our factory with proprietary materials, custom componentry, Made-in-the-USA carbon and a precise process that passes each flyrod through 23 sets of hands and hundreds of steps on its journey. We make things in the same spot where we’ve built up our business during the past four decades. It’s a great place with good fishing. It’s where we call home and where your rod or reel was born.
Words & Photography
Tom Bie
Editor / Writer Few editors have done more to celebrate the true undercurrent and real experience of flyfishing than Tom Bie. As founder of The Drake, Bie built a publication that tells the unfiltered stories of guides, trout bums and characters from deep within our community. He maintains an appreciation for just about everything flyfishing—from warm, bonefishing destinations and wild, native Steelhead to backing the conservation battles that protect our waters. He’s always up for a new stamp in the passport and stocks a steady supply of Red Bull to keep his reaction time sharp.
Jeremiah Watt
Photographer Jeremiah Watt is a climber, skier and angler who has made his name capturing the environmental context, raw emotion and human experience of the cultures he bleeds. Documenting memorable moments in iconic locations—from mountain streams to tropical flats—his work takes us to a different place. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Miah is a fan of both wine and whiskey and is always up for a late night with an eclectic crew of fellow travelers or an early start in search of dramatic light.