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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
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