you don't always get what you ask for

Del Taylor is heading out of town after 3 days on the Spanish Fly, 26 sails in 2 days and 1 day of multi-species inshore fishing including a pair of big roosters.

Del's buddy Karl was on the Super Fly for 3 days, strictly marlin fishing. They caught about a dozen sails and a few dolphin, but never saw a marlin.

Two new groups arrived yesterday and they fished the Spanish Fly and the Super Fly today, their first of 3 days.

Spanish Fly 11 sails and 1 blue marlin
Super Fly 10 sails and 1 striped marlin

As Mauricio summed it up. "You don't go looking for marlin, they find you."

I'm heading to NC with Del tomorrow, returning to Costa Rica next week.

....and more pics....

Before and after dolphin shots.

Lucky Larry and Joey.

Denise and James, the captain of our new boat, the Dragin Fly.

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Shrimp for dinner, trawled up from 1500 feet of water.

vacation from the vacation

All the groups were settled into the Cocal, so Anna and I took a little road trip this week.... a little R and D.....rather R and R. We went to the "other side" and checked out Cahuita, Puerto Viejo and Manzanillo. The beaches were beautiful, food was great and we had a great time. While we were gone, the sailfishing was firing off with each boat landing double digit sails every day.

congradulations Connie

for catching two blue marlin in two days on the Super Fly. Yesterday's blue also helped complete a legitamate grand slam: 9 sails, a blue and a striped marlin for the boat.

Florence Mafia

The Florence Mafia just left town, 6 couples who fished 8 days. Their total catch was 72 sailfish, 14 dolphin, 1 wahoo, 2 blue marlin and 3 roosterfish.

Lucky Larry and Joey did OK, but not red hot, landing 19 sails in 3 days.

The Super Fly caught 3 marlin yesterday.

Pictures are downloaded, I'm going through them now and hopefully will get some fresh pics up soon.

I love a little competition

David and the guys on the Super Fly gave Danny and the Spanish Fly a little payback today.
23 sailfish, 1 blue marlin, 3 dolphin and a 50 pound wahoo

back to normal

Anna arrived yesterday, a day later than she was scheduled. Make sure that the name on your passport matches exactly to the name on your ticket. A marriage license is no longer valid to verify a name change.

I arranged for a masouse to meet her at the hotel, I went fishing on the Barbarosa. We got a late start, after 10 am, and missed the best of the bite, but we did land 6 sails.

The fishing is "back to normal", averaging double digit sailfish. The Spanish Fly was a little above average yesterday, landing 18 for 30. I hope to get some photos downloaded and up in a day or two.

The weather is here, wish you were beautiful........

The new boat

shot of the day

getting better....

Jay Harris' crowd on the Super Fly caught 7 sails and 2 dolphin yesterday, 11 sails today. I think that I'm going out on the water tomorrow and kill the bite.

Last minute trip to Costa Rica?

Recent openings in the first week and last week of March. Let me know asap if you can make it?

fishing report, names for a boat

The Barbarosa caught 10 for 11 today, The Super Fly 7 sails and 2 dorodo. The Spanish Fly is back in business, the sea trial went great today.

To confirm some rumors floating around and to deny some others....I am not moving to Costa Rica, but I am building a 42 Maverick, very similar to the Spanish Fly and the Super Fly. Thoughts on names?

Mickey's black

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