Jake Jordan's Fishing Adventures

May 6th, 2009

Tarpon Fly Fishing Report
May 2, & 3, 2009

Greetings from Tarpon World:

May 2, 2009:

Today I took Neil and Paula Yeager from Wyoming for some night time fly fishing for Tarpon. We fished for about five hours and had pretty good fishing considering the 20 knot south east wind which keeps blowing. Neil jumped the first two Tarpon, which both spit the fly and then Paula caught her first ever Tarpon.

I demonstrated how to hook and land several nice Tarpon along with some Lady fish and then Neil jumped several more and Paula jumped one more fish. When we finished the evening I had landed five POONS from five bites while my friends jumped 11 and landed 3. Neil and Paula said that it was there best fishing trip ever.

Extreme Night Fly Fishing for Tarpon

May 3, 2009:

Tonight my long time friend/client Michael Thompson and his friend Loren Barr, both from the bay area of California, fished their first night of 3 scheduled fly fishing for Tarpon charters. Michael has been fly fishing for Tarpon with me since 1994 and has caught dozens of Tarpon on fly while this was the first time for Loren. We did not fish during the daytime as the south east wind at 20 knots made it hard to sight cast to Tarpon. We left the Dock at 8:30 PM and fished until 12:30 AM. in windy choppy conditions. The conditions made it hard to stay connected as the Tarpon were jumping toward the boat, creating slack in the line allowing the fish to become unhooked after several jumps.

Loren's first Tarpon on Fly

Michael hooked and jumped 6 large Tarpon tonight but did not land any while Loren jumped three fish and we got the leader on a Tarpon which was about 90 pounds. Hopefully the wind will lay down soon so we can fly fish the flats for Tarpon from my skiff. However the nighttime fly fishing for Tarpon from my Jones Brothers Cape Fisherman, "Fly Reel" has allowed me and my clients to fish and catch Tarpon on fly every night that I have been booked for a charter. Today the wind is blowing from the south east at 18 knots, and the ocean side flats are rough and muddy, so we will fish again tonight. Please stay tuned for more fishing reports, I do love this job.

"Fly Reel"

I still have some prime dates available for both day and night time fly fishing for Tarpon charters, my available dates follow, call me should you have the desire to catch some of these wonderful Silver King.

Gone Fishing:
Jake