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Grand Slam in Belize

Capt. Dexter Simmons
July 23, 2016
Key West - Saltwater Fishing Report

The Fishing Report. July 21, 2016.Capt. Dexter's 2016 Belize Grand Slam, Bonefish, Permit and Tarpon caught during day one (July 10, 2016).

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100 lb. Tarpon

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12 lb. Permit

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3 lb. Bonefish
...Kelton Kline fished with Capt. Dexter Simmons on Independence Day, July 4, 2016 (Capt. Dexter's birthday!) and hooked up several Tarpon, one that fought for over an hour! Nancy Dinner of Aurora, Ontario fought a big Tarpon this past June. Dr. Tom Critchlow jumped two Tarpon with Capt. Dexter Simmons, here is one of them. Erich Amplatz of Austria is spending the first week of May fly fishing for Tarpon with Capt. Dexter Simmons and already has leadered a big Tarpon...

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Not satisfied with his first day catch, Erich landed a 150 pound Silver King 5 days later...

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Ed with an April Bonefish Here is Scott Myers fighting some March Tarpon to the boat...

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Scott had more than one helping of Tarpon! ...

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And another Tarpon falls victim to Scott Myers'...

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I just returned from an excellent trip to JARDINES DE LA REINA, CUBA, where I fished and toured Hemingway's estate, here is my blog for one of the days fishing in Cuba...

Feb. 1, 2016
The fishing trip begins around 7:30 am. My guide Leonardo takes me on a 20 minute run to the Bonefish grounds. We hunt in shallow water flats surrounded by mangrove bushes. Some are tailing on the turtle grass, others are schooled up on the silty sandy shallow bottom mudding. Over a three hour hunt we hook up ten, most from three to four pounds, two in the six to eight pound range. It is great fun, feeling the line tighten, watching and listening to the Bonefish rip fly line off the reel into the orange micron backing. Whirring reel music fills the Cuban tropic air. By mid morning my gloves and are half leather and half Bonefish slime.

"Pull it in Dexter" Leonardo moves us into a channel flat and hands me an 8 weight loaded with floating line and a Tarpon leader. "Your Tarpon fly box please." He points to a brown-tan-orange Sand Devil Fly, "this one is good." After twenty minutes of poling along a clear shoal, Leonardo finds a school Tarpon in about 6 feet of water coming our way. "You see them Dexter?"

"Okay, I've got them, two o'clock, 80 feet". Leonardo positions the bow for a cast to ten o'clock. The school is now moving slowly toward our skiff, about sixty feet. Looks like there are a dozen or so juvenile poons. "Okay Dexter, cast now." I false cast once for aim and launch the fly line, leader and sand devil, turning it over for a soft landing 6 feet in front of the lead fish. " "Wait, wait, okay stripping, stripping, stripping," Leonardo coaches. Three strips and the lead Tarpon turns on the fly and eats but no hook up. I recast the fly and another Tarpon eats the fly, but is off after a 5 minute tug of war with no jumps. The school circles around and a third Tarpon eats the fly and is jumping! After about a 10 minute battle, the fish is landed! A 20 pound Tarpon caught with the Sand Devil fly!I turn to Leonardo and say "this means we must hunt for Permit to complete the grand slam!"

We spend the next three hours and find four Permit, one of which is a good shot. The Permit is tailing on a shoal bank, about 100 feet at 1 o'clock. A back cast flies within 5 feet of the tailer. Leonardo says "good cast, wait, wait, wait, strip two short, now one long...following, strip short, strip, strip, now long strip..." But no luck, as the Permit swims away out of range. "No hungry", Leonardo is spot on. A great day of fishing as the sun sets on Jardines de la Reina, Cuba.Here is a video taken during an incredible morning of Bonefishing Jardines de la Reina Cayo Chocolate flats where I hooked seventeen Bones from 3 to 8 pounds in three hours!
CAPT. DEXTER SIMMONS PEOPLE TO PEOPLE CULTURAL TOUR "FISH LIKE HEMINGWAY IN CUBA"
I look forward to fly fishing with you in Cuba!Check out my web page www.keywestflyfishing.com/cuba for these special Cuba Fly Fishing People to People Cultural Tours:
PEOPLE TO PEOPLE CULTURAL TOUR "FISH LIKE HEMINGWAY IN CUBA"

This past Tarpon Season was a gas! Some really great moments!! Up close and personal with MR. SILVER KING!The GREEN FLASH OF SUNRISE brought us great luck this past Tarpon Season...Here was a nice one...The past few weeks have seen a strong migration of Tarpon rolling into the Flats for the Palalo Worm hatch. Permit were also Marching everywhere! The light and variable winds winds were prevailing and the water temps increased to the mid 80's. We were hooking big Tarpon daily. Here is a another nice one during a worm hatch! Sight casting to Tarpon on the basin flats in May and June is outstanding! Here is another Tarpon caught in this environment...Resident baby Tarpon have also been on the line... Permit are here and there if you get that lucky!!!We have just returned from our annual trek to Turneffe Flats, Belize and I am happy to report that we had great weather and an outstanding week of flats fishing! Tarpon
Bonefishand Permit
THE BIG THREE were caught during our mid July "Grand Slam" week at Turneffe Flats, Belize. Our 2016
dates are July 8- July 15, 2017! And we already have 6 anglers booked into this tropical paradise....To read more about our trips, follow this link to the Belize section of this website: www.keywestflyfishing.com/turneffe.htm

Contact Capt. Dexter Simmons by calling him at 305-745-3304 or on his cell at 305-304-5880. You also may contact Capt. Dexter by email at [email protected] and visit his website at www.keywestflyfishing.com

Key West Fishing Forecast:

Grand Slam fishing for Tarpon, Bonefish, Permit.

Target Species:

Tarpon, Bonefish, Permit

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Key West Fly Fishing with Capt. Dexter Simmons. Sight fly fishing on the flats of Key West, the Marquesas, and the Florida Keys for Tarpon, Bonefish, Permit, Barracuda, Shark, and more. Charters available year 'round. Friendly, experienced, professional captain who prides himself on providing a high quality fly fishing trip for anglers of all abilities. Fly casting lessons, SAGE fly fishing rods, TIBOR reels, lines, leaders, flys hand tied by Capt. Dexter Simmons, & fishing licenses included

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P.O. Box 2006
Key West, FL 33040
Phone: 305-745-3304
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