Saltwater Season

A 25-pound tarpon. Just about the most fun thing you can have connected to a fly rod.

In hand, now time for the next one.

Nothing but possibilities below.

Our Cuban guide showing us what we'd have to ourselves.

First light bonefish.

À la carte permit menu, just waiting for customers.

Daydream lunch spot on the southern coast of Cuba.

Evening fuel up.
BONEFISH
The ideal bonefish combination should be able to effectively handle conditions that can vary from completely calm to extremely windy and this set-up does that to perfection. It will effortlessly deliver a silent presentation that won’t disturb even the spookiest bonefish in quiet shallows, yet it is equally as efficient when it comes to driving a tight loop into a strong head-wind with precision. The high-capacity reel’s silky-smooth drag never misses a beat and protects the lightest tippets even when a double-digit monster heads toward the horizon on a signature blistering run. When it comes to stalking bonefish, this is the quintessential outfit.
- Rod:
- SALT HD 890-4
- Reel:
- SPECTRUM MAX 7/8
- Line:
- RIO DirectCore Flats Pro WF8F
PERMIT
Catching a permit on fly requires patience, perseverance, and the right fly rod and fly line. To be successful you must be accurate with the fly presentation in all types of conditions. The 9 weight SALT HD rod with RIO FlatsPro Fly Line gives you the confidence to be successful and meet the demands of permit on fly.
- Rod:
- SALT HD 990-4
- Reel:
- SPECTRUM MAX 9/10
- Line:
- RIO DirectCore Flats Pro WF9F
TARPON
Bar none, Tarpon are the most rigorously demanding shallow water gamefish of an angler’s tackle, and the SALT HD stands up to the test. The responsiveness of KonneticHD Technology provides my anglers with the ability to present flies delicately at short distances to laid up Tarpon in off-colored water, while still maintaining the ability to reach out far to strings of swimming fish. The low stretch properties of DirectCore incorporated in the Flats Pro makes the insurmountable feat of penetrating a Tarpons mouth more feasible and ensures in increasing more quality hook ups, amounting to less fish jumping off. The dynamic duo pairing of the SALT HD with the Flats Pro aids in leveling the playing field for all anglers in pursuit of these mythical dinosaurs that lurk beneath the surface.
- Rod:
- SALT HD 1190-4
- Reel:
- SPECTRUM MAX 11/12
- Line:
- RIO DirectCore Flats Pro WF11F low-viz color Gray/Sand/Kelp