Summertime Sadness

Summertime. It's bittersweet to me knowing that I will have to wait all year for it to be summer again. We have now entered into the Autumn Equinox with the first day of Fall officially gracing our calendars a few days ago. I absolutely adore the beginning of our Fall fishing in Southwest Florida, giant knots of redfish & hungry monster snooks feeding fabulous on most tides. Football fields of whitebait can be located on the grass flats and along our beaches ready to fill your live wells. I've been fortunate enough to grace my home waters with a few days of fishing while I'm in town and it's been fairly impressive considering how much fresh water has been released from Lake Okeechobee into our bay. With the color of the water looking like... well a bad toilet experience it's amazing how hot the bite is! If you'd like to get on the water with one of our great guides in the Fort Myers, Sanibel, Pine Island areas just shoot me a email @ captainlacey@gmail.com and I will hook you up.

In the meantime I'm going to sit here and watch this short video of my summer experience in Belize on loop and drink my coffee :)  

Live. Love. Fish. 

 - Capt Lacey

Hasta Luego Belize.....

Hammocks, rum concoctions, & bonefish... all the necessary ingredients to becoming a permit freak.

I've spent the last 6 months working my tail off to get the job done and in the process learned a few valuable lessons to share. 

Aiming for that prick of a permit made grow as flyfisher & a person. A wise man told me that I better get a truckload of bonefish under my belt before I keep chasing permit. Although I'd rather not admit that my first permit on fly may have been 10% skill and the rest luck, well it's probably true.

><>>> BONEFISH. BONEFISH. BONEFISH. ><>>>

If you're new to the whole saltwater flyfishing gig and your goal is to catch a permit on fly, a few things to think about:  

- Take a step back and get your double haul on (if you don't know what that is then you prob don't have a very good chance of getting the job done. Stop by a local fly shop and they can help you out with some lessons).

- BONEFISH. Lots of it, be accurate at 40, 50, 60, 70 feet and make them eat!  

- Keep calm & quiet...... nobody wants nervous nelly on their bow freaking out about every shot they missed, why the permit refused your filet mignon of a fly, or the marching band practicing their drum skills when your fly line gets all wrapped around your feet and you're trying to get it off. 

- Relax and take a breather in the hammock, crack a cold one and enjoy reflecting upon your day on the water! 

I'll be back in Belize in November to get the job done with Mr. Permit. ROUND TWO BABY!!

I'm just a second class flyfisherman

I'm so sick of hearing that ever so coined phrase "if it was easy everyone would do it," but lately that's all I can repeat to myself to keep going. 

I didn't imagine when I stepped foot again in San Pedro, Belize in March that I would be here for nearly 5 months without catching another permit on fly. It's mind boggling to me and completely frustrating to the point that I want to pull my freakin' hair out. 

Humbled I have become in these last few months. True to the game, it's one of the hardest fish in saltwater to land on fly. I've had more heartbreaks then I did in middle school out here, flat after flat.

If you've ever felt this way, shoot me a like. One day I know I will be flying first class.......but until then CHIVE ON. 

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