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Permit on fly: The
crowning jewel of everybody's wish list.
Perusing the IGFA record book, you will
find that 99% of all line class records for
the venerable permit were landed in Key West
and the Lower Florida Key's. It's no wonder
that luminaries such as Ted Williams spent their
formative fishing years cursing permit, while
Del Brown spent his, cursing and catching
permit, one at a time.
Stalking a fish that
just keeps giving...........grief and
gratitude comes to
mind.
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Esoteric saltwater
fly fishing specialists is a smart
phrase to describe permit aficionados. We like
flying under the radar and working hard to
earn a gift that would make Santa Claus
blush. As
the late, great, Joel Westby, of Placentia and
Belizean
lore, always stated to me with impunity, regardless
of the size of the fish, "It's a permit
on fly Mon,
It's a permit."
And I concur,
every
permit is a present.
The best permit
fishing in Key West and the Lower Florida Keys has two distinct seasons.
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The first starts in
late January and peaks in early April, whilst
the permit scour the flats, looking to fatten
up for their spring offshore spawn.
The second stage
starts strong in mid- June and lasts well into
late November. Returning fish who have a big
appetite.
You too can enjoy this incredible fishing,
simply by calling Capt. Greg Rahe at (305)
923-4369 or by
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