Silver Kings Season 2: Episode 10 "Ladies Tarpon Fly"

right there seeing the dark thing we've got to get it up to the right of them if you're a female fly lady angler and you love to fish all roads lead to here you might go to Belize and fish for permanent and smaller tarpon and bone fish or go to the Bahamas and catch bone fish there you know maybe you'll go to Brazil for peacock bass but eventually you want to catch an island round a tarpon I mean it is the apex really of fly-fishing in my opinion and so I think that the tournament represents sort of the pinnacle of this competition for fer ladies and it's a place where ladies can come and meet other women talk about where they've been what they've been doing and then compete as well and I would love to see more women come to Isla Mirada I want to show them this town I for me to see things through their eyes and to show them what I love about the keys about fishing about tarpon I get to relive the whole experience of what I fell in love with and so each new person that comes here to do that it's like I get to fall in love all over again it's super super super cool just like that the other to live at all I gave it to him what now we're getting caught up not getting caught up in the world tarpon fishing attracts anglers of all shapes and sizes the challenge and excitement of the sport brings thousands of people down to the Florida Keys every year and a large percentage of those are women isla Merida has been home to the ladies tarpon fly tournament for 38 years since 1977 women anglers from all over the world have traveled to Isla Mirada to fish this event it is a catch and release format that has attracted many premier lady fly anglers and guides throughout its history its reputation is that of a fun social gathering of friends friends who respect the fishery and love to share in the joy of tarpon fishing the chairwoman of the tournament is world record holder Heidi news going into day one I'm just thinking I hope I just don't oh I'll and seriously I worry about it it's not about how good you are it's how good you are the three days of the tournament Heidi is fishing with local guide Craig Brewer BOE is paired with his friend shade all they have fished this tournament together for several years and have good team chemistry that's good sign what's that yeah they're gonna be a little bit more active I would think if they're out here today you know yeah as hot as it is it's tarpon hot it wasn't like this yesterday tail kicked out right here that's what I'm saying no yeah that's a tarpon tell me it's coming towards us no he's just sitting there and we've got anything else going on I've seen him there now yep oh yeah I hope it stays like that he ain't got anything else going on right now we might as well go and take a look I think there might be one more behind him too but I'm not positive but that doesn't matter can you actually see the fish he's facing right he's facing right yeah ahead I can't see it about four feet in front of that tail hold on keep it coming strip strip strip strip at the rod tip in the water shake giving too much slack right off the bat without jumping all right good right well got a bite on him got him a bite yeah he would have made the stick - oh for sure he came you're not gonna hook one out here that's not gonna make this stick that was awesome yeah not quite as awesome as it could have been put your ID there you go see keep that rod tip down job good job go baby go Silver Kings is brought to you in part by maverick boats fish the legend by C deck marine products your boat deserves sea death Patagonia fly-fishing apparel and gear and by Yeti coolers built for the wild they don't want to be a predictable boy hold on just for one that's gonna be group keep watching the bubbles trying to play the school out in your head just don't know where the leave fixture is but okay I can see the fish out here rules would right cast one right there go ahead bomb one in left far as you can spread strip just keep stripping longer longer and longer okay rip right through there keep it coming strip the strip he's gonna eat it stretchy strip strip put your rights up in the water there you go see keep that rod tip down see what happened yeah I'd like to Raj sit down be white pressure slow down a little slower rate a little slower okay way too fast I can't keep it tight you're doing good look at the bend in your rod you know when you're focused you tend to have a better grasp on the situation as best as you can with Mother Nature and so when you're dealing with you know your anglers you know you're trying to manage their focus - you know you and that can wear on you keep reeling keep reeling keep reeling you got a bend in the line and a bend in the rod keep reeling slow it down slow it down slow it down slow it down nice and steady see the leader anywhere got him you're in neutral - it's a big one all right org nice job thanks nice job to you just just get to start fighting this sucker we're at a release node now yeah that fish being a lot good job good job keep reeling you got him this fish is gonna tie or quickly say I got a feeling yeah I know this is a good one to try this alone that's for sure I really ran we already got the release at 10:17 just FYI I got okay unlock you've seen more fish caught than I've caught two pig-pig it just like that that's great change just like we were talking about with that brick steady tension pull left pull up there you go just get ready for a burst you're doing really good sham telling you really nice Shay this is a great fish too by the way yeah it is fish great fish give me your head come on yeah it's what you're doing great champ telling you you just keep keep it going just like you're doing it don't let your fatigue get the best of you you know let the fish continue to work itself like this whatever can work for us is working for us come on Kim just like this fish nice and steady with good pressure because she's hooked right in the side of the mouth I don't think that we're gonna lose this fish unless the tip it breaks right so you just you know do what you got to do you're the only one that knows what kind of pressure you can put on this fish great job Shay jeez man oh sorry okay that's alright you tried man we got on the board at least sorry that's okay that felt really light when it caught up early all right no yeah let's just see if we can snag another one two shots two bites protection that's William I know do it you silver kings is brought to you in part by Isla morado the sport fishing capital of the world by D Betty vodka dive in Nautilus reals tested on animals and by maverick poets fish the legend for this ladies tarpon tournament the weather is perfect and that not only applies to the warm Sun filled days but also to the nights in Isla mirana the complete experience here at least is an evening under the full moon at Murano Bay its Isla mirada's long-standing tradition of the full moon party and it's a night that remains a can't-miss experience it's day two of the ladies tarpon fly tournament in Isla Murata Bo and che scored release points on day one Heidi and Craig also scored release points on day one so it's still anyone's tournament to win straight at 12 at the left very left but like a hundred yards slide down through here a little bit see if I can find them this just rolled over in your 8 o'clock they're going down the edge of the bank moving the same direction those other ones where I'm gonna see if I can get over here and cut them off and see if we can see them here you know if you're a fly tarpon angler and you've been to Iowa Murata you absolutely know that Craig Brewers is one of the top flight arpan guides that locally lives here should be about in here 10 there somewhere now he is like the mayor of the guides I would say you know he's so cool and fun off the water real mellow and fun on the water but then there's also times where you can see his passion you know shine through you know where he's like he is passionate about the fishery loves love's fly tarpon fishing and and he's just a very unique personality and a good character to have down here come on eating I got him got him nice job okay okay there okay here we go right down low stick your rod down low I have to tell you that I have sued Heidi fight fish before on my boat in that girl weighs maybe maybe a hundred and ten pounds maybe dance but I'll tell you right now she can flat-out bites and fish and so the technique is more of you know what gets you to where you want to be pull on him nice and steady go back to the boat here okay nice be sure and log on to sober kings tv.com or waypoint tv.com to watch past episodes and stay caught up on the series you can also follow us on Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube and Vimeo silver kings is brought to you in part by Yeti coolers built for the wild by ila Mirada the sport fishing capital of the world Smith the experience is everything and by chica lodge and spa authentically florida keys authentically chica it's day three of the ladies tarpon fly Heidi and Craig have a slight edge over Bo and Shay because they caught and released their fish first on the previous day every fish counts on this last and final day I see it okay go ahead start it don't drop it okay bring it nice and steady keep it coming keep it coming you could come and keep it coming keep it coming keep it coming put your rod tip in the water all right let's get this release you don't like that kind of heat oh nice great job Shay flank keep your instead of letting slack use it like a winch you know what I'm saying once you pull back get on your reel and wind right here wind down there you go there you go yes he's a feisty little won't be careful don't do that with your rod tip ready leader leader got the leader yep yeah great alright perfect size that's how you want to do it okay use that fat real like a winch so you never have any you know it keeps poop on the fish see what I'm saying yeah get ready for a search easy with those fingers whoa all I want to tell you is that you know you're doing a good job and I I don't have any problem taking the time to fight this fish all right all right so don't don't feel like you know I'm impatient or anything like that you just keep doing what you got to do to make this happen here all right hang in there ain't helping that it's 11 feet out here keep it up that winch thing is really killing killing it right there you know you're keeping steady pressure on that fish yes yes just like that doing really good Shay I'm telling you gotta be ready to give her the rod Hill down now lip pull to the right so that the fish's head kind of comes be careful there you don't want to pull the direction of the pull back this way easy easy easy right here right not go yet hold on hold on hold on oh Jay thanks Billy got her hooks out you know it was a long a long road that was the longest fight I've ever had I feel like ridiculous I need a lesson in fighting Turpin all I know is is that if we didn't catch that I was on it someone was gonna be swimming home and it wasn't gonna be me Heidi and Craig have lost a fish today but they didn't need it they earned enough points from days one and two to win the 2015 ladies tarpon fly whatever comes you

Channel: Silver Kings

Views: 28,374

Keywords: The florida keys, islamorada, fly fishing, tarpon, fishing, the everglades, Bou Bosso, maverick boats, yeti, seadek, patagonia, smith, deep eddy, Ladies Tarpon Fly Tournament

Id: sZhfvgSY1mo

Length: 22min 18sec (1338 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 10 2016