[bluechipfish]

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Got my first permit last week. Unreal experience, he/she ended up towing me over 1000ft, and fish was landed in about 15mins. A hell of a fish for a 7wt. Released healthy as heck, didn't really take any reviving. I put about as much pressure as I thought I could apply safely during the fight. Caught on a NFC 7wt gamma beta I built, on a strong arm merkin I tied.

 

[Tx_Whipray]

Congrats! Catching one on a fly you tied is about as good as it gets. The first time I went Permit fishing I tied about a dozen of every Permit fly I could find on YouTube. Got on the boat the first day and the guides looked through my box and sent me back in the lodge to buy some of theirs . Every time I go I come home and tie some new ones with things I learned on previous trips. This past trip in December my son and I caught five between us, and fed three others and all were on ******** Crabs I tied myself.

 

[karstopo]

Nothing as exciting as a Permit. Yellow bass and a good one. 6th species on a fly so far for 2022 and it is only January.

 

[connecd0]

Nothing like sportsmans paradise.

 

[Drifter]

 

[Str8-Six]

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Got my first permit last week. Unreal experience, he/she ended up towing me over 1000ft, and fish was landed in about 15mins. A hell of a fish for a 7wt. Released healthy as heck, didn't really take any reviving. I put about as much pressure as I thought I could apply safely during the fight. Caught on a NFC 7wt gamma beta I built, on a strong arm merkin I tied.

Wow. Just incredible. Been chasing Biscayne permit for a while now and they are beyond tough. Congrats man!

 

[bluechipfish]

Wow. Just incredible. Been chasing Biscayne permit for a while now and they are beyond tough. Congrats man!

thanks man! Yeah I agree.. they are tough, but that’s part of what made that fish so special! I caught a nice bone before that but it might as well have been a catfish. After I landed the perm.. I barely remembered it!

 

[BrownDog]

Yesterday I had family in town with the goal of getting their first red on fly.
Mission accomplished with the final tally over 30 fish.
One of those days where everything just seemed to come together perfect despite wind and cloud cover.

 

[karstopo]

Great day out. 68 degrees,brilliant sunshine, low winds, hungry reds, no one in sight. 30” redfish on a gartside soft hackle streamer. Super fun.

 

[Outearly]

Dang, Karstopo- in this low water?

Amazing!

 

[karstopo]

I have a place…like clockwork.

 

[kkeetr]

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Those reels are tanks!

 

[mfdevin]

laid out a cast to a feeding grass carp led it by about 15ft, let the fly get settled in a good place to give it a lil wiggle when the carp got close, carp is about 7-10ft away, I feel a strike so I set, was kinda confused. This girl drug me straight to the bottom, then gave me a few jumps. Fun lil post freeze pond session, was not expecting a bucketmouth with those kind of temps.

 

[FlyWeight]

Decent fish on a 6wt.

 

[ikankecil]

 

[brokeoff]

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Got my first permit last week. Unreal experience, he/she ended up towing me over 1000ft, and fish was landed in about 15mins. A hell of a fish for a 7wt. Released healthy as heck, didn't really take any reviving. I put about as much pressure as I thought I could apply safely during the fight. Caught on a NFC 7wt gamma beta I built, on a strong arm merkin I tied.

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[Padre]

Decent fish on a 6wt.

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Great fish on a 6wt

 

[Padre]

Did my monthly trip to the Louisiana marsh yesterday. Temp was 34 degrees when we launched. By 11:30 the sun started to heat the mud up and the fish came alive. Caught 4 black drum and 3 reds with only one redfish under 30." My buddy caught his biggest red on fly at 36" and his biggest black ugly at 40"

 

[ikankecil]

Those black drum are neat looking fish. Definitely a species that is still on my wishlist.

 

[karstopo]

Fun in the January ☀