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Dates for 2008:
February 2nd - 9th, 2008 - OPEN
March 24th - 30th, 2007 - FULL
Dates don't work for you? Contact
us, we will be happy to set up a Custom Belize Experience for
you!
Price: $2,950
Trip
Details:
The
problems that Permit present to the fly rodder are unparalleled
within the sport of saltwater fly fishing and the difficulties associated
with catching a permit on a fly rod are well documented. And yet,
more and more anglers are taking up the challenge.
Most fly rodders come to fly fishing
for permit through bonefishing. They’ve usually spent untold
hours on flats throughout the Caribbean, and other locations, developing
their saltwater skills by catching and losing, many, many bonefish.
Enter getting serious about fly fishing for permit!
There are so few permit caught on a fly rod, when compared with
the other traditional flats species, that many fly rodders tend
to leave the permit to the hardened flats veterans, choosing instead
to focus on the more easily caught species. This is a shame, because
with a little bit of knowledge and yes, some luck, landing a permit
on a fly rod is quite possible. If you are interested in learning
as much as possible about this enigmatic fish and then applying
this knowledge while chasing permit, the TCO Belize Permit
School is the place to be.
We have put this year’s trip together with a couple of things
in mind. Our first objective is to create a “permit culture”
environment where dialogue and a free flowing exchange of ideas
and information are being analyzed and discussed. To this end there
will be a series of informal classroom sessions (where Belikin Beer
is usually the beverage of choice) followed by what is usually a
quite lively question and answer period. All classroom time is in
the evenings, after dinner, and usually lasts no more than an hour.
If you’re looking to enhance your saltwater fly fishing skills
in a challenging and highly informative setting, the TCO Permit
School is sure to please. With only 10 spaces available, we have
purposely kept the school small, to ensure a relaxed and unhurried
week.
The
odd time the sickle fin of a permit would present itself for a brief
moment and the angler will nervously make the cast, only to spook
the fish by a variety of transgressions. He or she coughed, moved
to quickly, cast too close, couldn’t cast far enough: so many
the little things that bonefish, in all their decency, will usually
forgive an angler for. After catching hundreds of bones, and often
times many more, the skills are fairly well honed and the angler
is looking for a more challenging chase, where his or her skills
will really be put to the test.
This year’s school is located on Southwater Caye, in the heart
of some of the best permit waters in the world. We’ve chosen
this location specifically because of the high number of permit
that live in this area year round. Seeing 25 to 50 fish per day
is common and there are few places better that will consistently
give fly rodders the opportunity to get quality shots at this skittish
fish.
School Topics include:
•
Permit habitat and tendencies
• Tides
• Presenting the fly
• Fly selection
• Leader and knot construction
• Playing the fish
The
second goal we have for the Permit School is to have our guests
apply this knowledge when they hit the flats with a fly rod in hand.
To that end, the price of the school includes five full days out
on the water, experiencing first hand the complexities of fly fishing
for permit. After a week with us at Permit School, anglers will
have a good handle on fly fishing for permit and will have seen
more fish in five days than they likely will have in all their other
flats experiences combined. A critical component to the TCO Permit
School, are the guides that we’ve selected for the week. Each
of the guides are “permit oriented”, in that they spend
approximately 150 days a year guiding specifically for permit. Our
school firmly embraces a hands-on philosophy and we feel that our
guests learn far more by being out on the water with our guides
than they would with endless hours of classroom time.
The TCO Belize Permit School includes:
•
Round trip airfare from Belize City to Dangriga - 20 minute flight
• Round trip taxi service from the Dangriga airstrip to the
docks - 5 minutes
• Round trip water taxi service to Southwater Caye - 25 minute
boat ride
• Seven nights accommodation at the Blue Marlin Lodge (2 guests
per room)
• Six days of guided permit fishing with a BFFE guide
• Three meals per day for the duration of the week
• Nightly permit education
The
TCO Belize Permit School does NOT include:
•
Return airfare from your point of origin
• Fly fishing equipment
• Alcoholic beverages
• Gratuities: $25 to $30 per day per person for guide and
$10 to $20 per day per person for wait staff
• $20 US Belize City airport departure tax
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