Permit are considered one of the top saltwater game species.  Ask any permit fisherman and they will tell you how finicky they can be. But that’s what makes them so rewarding. Ben Furimisky and I spent a week at Tarpon Caye Lodge in Belize and were blown away by the number of Permit we saw. We had shots all day and caught quite a few, even a double.  

On this episode of the podcast, Ben and I sit down with Melvin McCaleb, one of the owners of Tarpon Caye Lodge in Belize as well as guides Ernest Garcia and Max Neil.  We get you fully dialed in on top tips for Permit, Tarpon and Bonefish. Rods, lines, leaders and flies and a few funny stories from the week, its all in there.

If you love or have an interest in saltwater fly fishing, this episode is for you. 

Enjoy! And please follow along as lots more great episodes are coming your way.  

[04.41] Belize and Placencia – Starting the conversation, we talk about the geography of Placencia: a small town in Belize, a country in Central America.

[08.55] Target species – Target species in Belize

[15.16] Leader setup – What a leader is designed to do and how to make your own leader

[23.31] Tropical fly line – What happens when you don’t have a tropical fly line when you come to Belize?

[32.04] The key to permit fishing – We dive into what happens if you do not execute on your first cast.

[37.47] Weed guards – How weed guards can help fishing in Belize

[44.44] Tarpon flies – Tarpon flies for tarpon fishing

[51.25] Experience – We talk about one of the craziest experiences we had out in the water.

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