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PERMIT SLURPING LIKE CARP ON A SCUM LINE
That’s the way Jason Lozano described
his recent permit hunting experiences aboard the
Meca in Belize. The rest of the story: Jason was
on his second mothership trip with Martin McCord
(he’d taken his first permit on the previous trip)
and their party had spent the majority of their trip
pursuing tarpon, bonefish, snook, etc and only moved
the Meca south to stalk permit the last day. Before
1:00 on the last day, Jason had 10 clean shots at
permit, hooked four, and released three (10, 12, and
14 pounds). He was using a #4 Rag Head crab pattern
tied very light with small eyes so that it sunk very
slowly. Using a long, slow, pull retrieve keeping
the fly near the surface, all his takes occurred
with the fish chasing the crab and eating literally
with “their mouth out of the water” and visible.
Almost like dry fly fishing for permit, although
Jason said it more closely resembled “carp on a scum
line.”
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