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Iceland fly fishing adventure travel tips We recently returned with huge smiles fresh off a DIY fly fishing trip to the land of fire and ice to provide you with Iceland fly fishing adventure travel tips. By no means was this an easy itinerary. But, we worked hard, chased and caught fish of a lifetime while surrounded by Iceland’s unmistakeable and ethereal volcanic landscape. During our 8-day adventure we wandered the countryside and fly fished a variety of lakes, creeks and rivers....

Dec/13/2016

Brock Munson

Cozumel: From Dignified to Dirtbag

Cozumel Mexico bonefish kayak fly fishing travel adventures Cozumel Mexico bonefish kayak fly fishing travel adventures are always memorable. Cozumel is a MUST-DO on your list of fly fishing adventure destinations! We’ve returned to the island on multiple occasions for fly fishing exploration and chances at big, tailing bonefish and cruising baby tarpon. Cozumel is simply that good! And, these days it’s a home away from home for us. This essay documents a moment in time… an event from a one...

Mar/10/2016

Brock Munson

Beyond O‘io: The Hawaiian Bonefish

DIY fly fishing adventure molokai hawaii bonefish. [Read about our recent 2019 trip to Molokai: essays, photos and film] Chasing Molokai’s monster bonefish. The water is antique textured glass, soft with hints of imperfection. My gaze is focused and determined. My ears, however, are tuned toward a distant sound—a whoomph, to be more precise. Somewhere beyond the outer reef a humpback whale, all forty tons, relentlessly hammers the surface of the ocean with its 15 foot wide tail. The act of power...

mexico salt water kayak fly fishing bonefish baby tarpon

Feb/24/2015

Brock Munson

Winter Casts on Cozumel

Mexican mangroves, fly rods and mescal. DIY kayak fly fishing cozumel mexico bonefish baby tarpon was a travel adventure that we luckily stumbled upon during the winter of 2014/15. It was the beginning of a love affair. The mesmerizing, isolated lagoons quickly became a “home away from home” and a destination where we would ultimately return. Day 1: On Mexico time Stepping foot on the empty expanse right on the edge of the Caribbean sea was a grounding moment. It sent...

sian kaan biosphere reserve mexico bonefish kayak fly fishing expedition

Feb/02/2015

Brock Munson

Where the Sky is Born

Getting Lost in the Mangroves: A Sian Kaan Biosphere Reserve Mexico Bonefish Kayak Fly Fishing Expedition Thoughts of my final days in Tulum ebb and flood in my brain as I navigate my way over hidden topes (speed tables) and around wandering dogs. I knew this last day in the mangroves fly fishing the Sian Ka’an would come. This biosphere reserve is a unique treasure and its massive lagoons and limitless mangrove waterways sit less than an hour to the south...

Lake Powell kayak fly fishing expedition chasing stripers

Oct/04/2014

Brock Munson

Rising from the Depths

Chasing the elusive Lake Powell striper boil. Our epic Lake Powell kayak fly fishing expedition chasing striper boils on a 100-mile journey through Utah’s Glen Canyon National Recreation Area was something of a dream… “Time passes and the old dreams, the old memories, go under to a dark place—not gone, just hard to get to.”  – C. Gregory Crampton As darkness envelops the walls, flittering thoughts of the day surrender to thoughts of tomorrow and what will be. My gaze has...