I had just returned from Homosassa, Florida. I had driven 10 hours each way to fly fish for tarpon. I had recently broken three ribs in what remains disputed as either a biking accident or a drinking ...

Jupiter's Dave Preston can celebrate Independence Day by telling a fish story that is true.Preston and his guide, Capt. Luis Cortes, caught the largest tarpon in Gold Cup history with a fish weighing ...

Catching a tarpon on a fly is enough of a challenge in Florida where these silver kings roam thick. Getting one to eat a fly, much less bring it to hand in Virginia’s seaside waters, well, that’s just ...

There are feats in fishing that few anglers ever accomplish. In Virginia, catching a tarpon on fly rod is arguably the toughest. “And I don’t know that you’d get much of an argument,” said Kendall ...

Baker Bishop, a businessman from Sullivan's Island, finished third in the 47th annual Don Hawley Invitational Fly Fishing Tarpon Tournament held in the Florida Keys. Weather was a challenge for this ...

The 47th Annual Don Hawley Invitational Fly Fishing Tarpon Tournament, one of the “Big Three” tarpon fly tournaments, proved to be a challenging week of tarpon fishing with a total of only 85 fish ...

I woke up earlier than necessary so I could watch the sunrise on the beach as I rigged two fly rods—an 8-weight and a beefy 12. It’s one thing when you have an entire stretch of trout stream all to ...

When the talk centers on fly fishing for shallow-water tarpon, most anglers conjure up those picturesque images of skiffs being poled across the flats in the Florida Keys. The truth is that same scene ...

Ken Baldwin is a Writer/Editor for Fishing On SI, where he writes stories about fly fishing and the lifestyle that surrounds it. His writing and photography have appeared in Men's Journal, Catch ...

Sea breezes the next few days will offer relief for anglers fishing near shore, offshore or from shore. But inland anglers should keep an eye out for developing afternoon rain showers which could ...