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Brandon Cyr is a 4th generation Conch. A Conch is someone born in Key West, FL and there are fewer now than ever. Brandon developed the fishing passion at an early age and grew up into one of the best flats guides in Key West. 

I originally contacted Brandon to discuss his recent trip to Cuba. However, the Cuba trip took a back seat to his recent marriage proposal on his birthday, permit fishing and tagging bonefish. We finally got around to discussing Cuba and he filled me in on an amazing trip.

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The Lower Florida Keys are one of the very best places in the world to catch Permit on the flats. In order for Permit to be plentiful, they need the right temperature, food source, vast inshore and offshore habitat and structure such as wrecks, coral heads, and bridges. 

Best Seasons and Tides

In the Florida Keys, the permit fishing is truly year-round. Of course, there are better times than others for permit, but anglers can feel confident that with enough looking, permit can and will be found. My favorite times of the year are Feb, March, June-November. The months of Feb and March coincide with the water temperatures climbing back into the comfort zone of the permit while also being just before the spawning season for permit. This time seems to be when there is a lot of permit on the flats and also when conditions are conducive to catching the fish on the fly. I look for post-cold front days when the sky is completely clear and the temperature is increasing for the best opportunities. The windy conditions that usually accompany this meteorological scenario allow anglers to get close to the permit and require shorter casts.

I like the summer and fall the best for finding the largest number of permit both on structure and flats. The calm conditions of the summer and fall will require longer casts with both spin and fly, however, the opportunity at the fish abounds.

During both times of the year, I prefer a big high tide in the middle of the day of 1.5 or greater. This allows me to fish virtually wherever I want and lets the permit frequent areas formerly inaccessible. It is important to remember that we have a 4-6 hour tidal difference between the ocean and many areas of the backcountry so many anglers make a big mistake by choosing the time to fish simply based on the tide chart. Each area has its best tide and the discovery of this only comes through many days spent researching these areas. 

Now that you know the best times to go and how to find a good guide, we will go over the tackle and techniques necessary to catch Permit in my next couple of posts. First we address spinning tackle, bait, line, leaders, casts and strategy before moving onto fly fishing.

This podcast is brought to you by Waypoint. Produced by Tom Rowland and Brock Rustand. Audio editing by Brock Rustand. If you have any questions, email [email protected]

See you on the water,Tom Rowland

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On this week's episode of The Woman Angler & Adventurer podcast, we're excited to introduce you to Jessica Haydahl. You may remember her from Episode 86: Redfish Roadie Bonus: Rollin' in the Minivan episode, but this time we get to go more in-depth into Jessica's personal story in the fishing industry and learn about her career as one of the few full-time female fishing industry photographers. 

Jessica's also going to share with us some extremely valuable tips so next time you're out in the boat and hook into a big one, you'll be able to put your best photographer foot forward and really be able to showcase your outdoor adventure on social media. 

Some of Jessica's best tips include:

Know Your Device. It's not fair to the fish if you're fumbling around with buttons while you or someone else is dangling it out of the water waiting for a photo. Make sure you have your iPhone, GoPro or other devices down before you go and you'll see your image. 

Have an Idea of What You Want to Capture. Go on Instagram or Facebook for inspiration and pay attention to the fishing photos or videos you really like, then try to emulate them.

Shoot More Thank You Think You Need. If you're documenting your trip via video, shoot more thank you think you need. You'll be surprised when you get to the editing table and wish you had more footage of one thing or another.

Pay Attention to Your Device Settings. For instance, if you're going to be taking footage out on a boat on the water to post on social media, you'll want to set your iPhone camera settings to 1080p at 60 fps (frames per second) for best results. 

Jessica's 7 Must-Have iPhone Apps to Take Your Photos and Videos to the Next Level!

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Female Outdoor Creative Collective on Instagram

Denver Fly Show 

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The Sheppard has a trip of a lifetime with Capt. Mike Alfano. Capt Mike gave away a trip at LUNKERCON to help raise money for Capt For Clean Water and the CCA and in return he now has a client. When you do the right thing good things happen. Enjoy as the Sheppard talks about his trip.

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With more and more hunters having "smart devices" the number of resources now easily accessible to even the most "seasoned" hunters out there has sky-rocketed. Everything from weather to water levels and even the most basic of hunting questions such as "where are the ducks going to swing in?" can now be answered at your fingertips. Tune in this week as Ben and Alex cover their favorite hunting applications to make your hunt more efficient and productive as ever!

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This is number 2 of a six-part series dealing with your thoughts, words and how it determines your success or failure. To start off we have a couple of quotes, this one is from Chad Wright: “Your tongue is your rutter, it will steer the direction of your life and the outcome of your situations 98% of the time.” Zig Ziglar says: “There is power in words, what you say is what you get.” Pierre du Plessis: “Words create worlds”

It is very difficult for us to have complete control over our thoughts. Our thoughts often run wild and sometimes when you are in a difficult situation you have some thoughts that you might fail or you might think you aren’t good enough. Most of the time you can dismiss them, but there is a serious change when you speak that you are going to fail or that you “can’t do it.”

Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your character, and your character determines your destiny.

There is so much truth to that statement, and after last week we went over thoughts and this week is on words. Although sometimes it is hard to battle thoughts, you do have complete control over your words and you don’t have to say that you can’t do it, or speak that you might fail. Because when you speak your thoughts out loud, you give them power. And just like Zig said, if you say that you will fail, that is what you’ll get.

This works negatively or positively. If you chose to speak positive words it can help you continue in difficult situations and help you get through them. It has been really good for me to understand the power of this; when I give negative thoughts power by speaking them aloud, it is very detrimental to anything I am doing. Whereas if I can speak positive words to myself or anyone around me, that can have incredibly beneficial results.

You see this play out with athletes like Muhamed Ali would say this often, that he was going to be the champion and that he would be the greatest of all time. Similarly, Connor McGregor also does this, he believes very strongly in mastering his thoughts and his words.

Now there are some words that I have tried to avoid saying because they can be so destructive. One of those words is CAN’T. I really try to avoid using that word, because as soon as you say that you can’t do something, it shuts off all possibility to do that thing. “Can’t” is giving up on the possibility of doing exactly the thing you are trying to do. The way so many things get done is through creative thinking and by forcing yourself to look at other options.

Other words I really try to avoid are HATE, ALWAYS, IMPOSSIBLE and NEVER. These words have similar effects where they will shut off possibilities, and eventually will put you in a corner where you won’t be able to do anything. You can just about make anything happen, you just have to be creative enough to find a way there.

This episode was brought to you by Waypoint - Watch all your favorite Saltwater Experience episodes at any time and find your favorite podcasts on the Waypoint Outdoor Collective. The episode was produced by Tom Rowland and Brock Rustand. The show was edited by Brock Rustand.

See you next week - no excuses, -Tom Rowland

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In this episode, we sit down with JT Van Zandt of Rockport Texas and discuss his journey into guiding, how he approaches conservation, his hopes for future progress, and a slough of topics including beard care, Texas food, and hunting. To learn more about the Captains Collective, head to CaptainsCollective.com

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This week Ben and Alex discuss the migration report, J.C. Penny, Utah and Hunting with the other dad's from Daycare .

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We've packed this short and sweet Five Minute Friday episode with some really important information you need to know when it comes to pulling a trailer!

You're going to learn:

Important things to keep in mind when you're hooking up a trailer to your vehicle.

How to properly distribute the weight inside the trailer so that it's safe and pulls smoothly.

Vital maintenance you need to do for your wheel bearings so you don't have an unnecessary accident. 

 

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I had the great pleasure of having a conversation with Hannah Stonehouse Hudson. Who has an amazing story of loss to tell and shares her incredible and inspiring way of dealing with loss. She is an avid ice angler who is most at home the colder it gets. All around amazing person. You're really going to enjoy this one.

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