The Kit Lake Solace is a report on flyfishing for largemouth bass in central Florida, done in the spirit of Mark Twain, Jimmy Buffett, and Garrison Keillor

The Kit Lake Solace is a report on flyfishing for largemouth bass in central Florida, done in the spirit of Mark Twain, Jimmy Buffett, and Garrison Keillor

The Kit Lake Solace is a report on flyfishing for largemouth bass in central Florida, done in the spirit of Mark Twain, Jimmy Buffett, and Garrison Keillor

The Kit Lake Solace is a report on flyfishing for largemouth bass in central Florida, done in the spirit of Mark Twain, Jimmy Buffett, and Garrison Keillor

The Kit Lake Solace is a report on flyfishing for largemouth bass in central Florida, done in the spirit of Mark Twain, Jimmy Buffett, and Garrison Keillor

Now your fly is out there. What’s next? How should we adapt fly our fly fishing process to the liquid rhythms of paddle craft? Read the last in this Beads of Wisdom series for ideas.

The Kit Lake Solace is a report on flyfishing for largemouth bass in central Florida, done in the spirit of Mark Twain, Jimmy Buffett, and Garrison Keillor

Fly Fishing from a Paddle Craft Casting Adjusting to the ride      Now you are geared up, decked out, and ready for that big fish. But...

Then the First Dog watch ramped up. With sinking flies, or poppers, and not too many mosquitoes.

Early in the month, low water moved fish to the drop-offs. Tim, taking a break from his teaching, noted the still temperate water. And he found bass with

The Kit Lake Solace is a report on flyfishing for largemouth bass in central Florida, done in the spirit of Mark Twain, Jimmy Buffett, and Garrison Keillor

  Central Florida’s largemouth bass country includes some waters that are so tannic they look like a gritty old bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon. And at some times of year our bass sink deeper into that murky water.

The Kit Lake Solace is a report on flyfishing for largemouth bass in central Florida, done in the spirit of Mark Twain, Jimmy Buffett, and G

The unseasonably cool weather was great for the party goers, and for fishing...

Then the polar vortex dipped into central Florida and the unfamiliar conditions put us in mind of mountain trout.

I aspire one day to be half as good as Norman MacLean. His landmark novella, A River Runs Through It is an example for me to aspire toward.

The Kit Lake Solace is a report on fly fishing for large mouth bass in central Florida done in the spirit of Mark Twain, Jimmy Buffett, and

NOVEMBER 2024           It was a month of poaching on Kit Lake, my home water, in central Florida’s largemouth bass country. Businesses...

OCTOBER 2024           It was a month for the young ones on Kit Lake, my home water, in central Florida’s largemouth bass country. In one...

September 2024           It was a month of desire to visit, on Kit Lake my home water in central Florida's largemouth bass country. Our...