Endorsements
Capt Drew Rodriguez is an Orvis Endorsed Fly Fishing Guide.
Fly fishing for Peacock Bass in the Fl Everglades
Every Clint’s favorite trip!
This trip is hard to beat. As you may have heard on Tom Rosenbauer‘s Orvis Fly fishing podcast, a 30 Peacock day in the Everglades is a slow day. 100 plus fish days are common when Fly fishing in the Everglades. Each location has different opportunities of different species but most of the time, we’re catching Peacock Bass over all others.
It’s definitely a trip where you have to be conditioned to casting a lot. They also like a fast strip but you won’t be disappointed. The faster you’re stripping, the harder they hit and they all feel like giants. I tie a clouser that really gets their attention. We also use some different streamers and if they’re eating poppers, you’re in for the time of your life.
The season for this is almost year around. We have some slow days if it gets really cold. Some slow days if we get too much rain. For the most part fishing is always phenomenal. March & April are almost a guarantee. I book these months way in advance also.
Whether just a beginner or an expert caster, I can and will teach you how to catch more fish. Just the other day a Fly Cast instructor gave me the compliment that I made him a better fisherman after leaving my boat.
Kristen in the picture above came down from Utah with Her husband Jerrod. They originally booked me to do a spin fishing trip in the Everglades. The next time they came they wanted to learn Fly fishing. I taught them how to Fly fish and they have come back every year since. They have improved tremendously and I couldn’t be happier.
Fly Fishing
EVERGLADES LARGEMOUTH BASS FLY FISHING!
Fly Fishing in the Everglades is one of Drew's favorite trips he offers. There's just something about a Trophy Bass exploding on a popper that gets him and his clients excited.
Drew is one of the most experienced guides on getting trophy Bass in the boat on the Fly. On an average trip it is normal to land 50+ Bass. The Glades trips are extra special because you can target big Bass specifically, or throw a Clouser and catch every species that swims in the water.
As well as trophy Largemouth, the Peacock Bass have taken over the Glades in abundance. It’s nothing to go out with capt Drew and catch 100 Peacock’s on the Fly. On last years Orvis trip, the guys caught 200 plus Peacock’s in the Glades. Drew likes to have his clients stripping sub surface flies pretty fast to watch the Peacock’s aggressive behavior kick in and absolutely hammer the Fly. You‘ll be stripping along and the next thing you know a Peacock is trying to rip your rod out of your hand.
Other than Largemouth & Peacock, you can expect to catch Oscars, Mayan Cichlids, Sunfish, Bluegill, Florida Gar & a whole array of other species. Many times a Glades trip consists on catching 100-200 fish on the Fly.
FLY FISHING IN THE URBAN AMAZON FOR PEACOCK BASS!
Fly fishing for Peacock Bass is one of the most fun, addicting fishing you will ever do. This type of fishing usually gets done in the late weeks of February and stretches through the early weeks of April. This is the time of year that Peacock's are on their beds where we’re able to sight fish trophy Peacock Bass.
Unlike Largemouth Fishing you won't catch 100 fish but when the Peacock's are bedding, it's highly possible to land a trophy Peacock Bass. A lot of full day trips this time of year can consist on great numbers along with more than one trophy.
There's something really special about the way a Peacock eats a Clouser when they're on their bed that makes this trip 2nd to none. Many clients have told Capt Drew that it's the most fun fish they have ever targeted on the Fly.
As of late there has also been an incredible amount of Peacock Bass in the Everglades. We have been able to land upwards of 200 Peacock Bass on the Fly on a given day.