Steve has incredible patience and moves less than a lot of guides, “Working an area slowly is more likely to yield success with a flyrod. Maverick HPX totally outfitted for the task! If he can’t get there in 5 inches of water in his skiff be prepared to get wet and pursue on foot! The summer heat means tarpon on the beaches and Steve will be staked out in a lane in his 18ft. During the fall, winter and spring seasons he loves to explore the ultra skinny waters of the marshes and tidal creeks chasing redfish. Steve’s passion is sight fishing the bays and beaches of Bay and Gulf Counties with a fly rod. That taste of the salt led him to Panama City Beach in 1980. Army he landed a job on a charter boat in Cape May, N.J. After graduating from Grove City College (Pa.) and a stint in the U.S. Growing up in central Pennsylvania, Steve comes from an avid outdoor family (his grandparents and parents fly fished)! He honed his skill fishing the area’s famous trout streams, the Susquehanna River and the lakes of the Pocono Mts as a kid. Unless, of course, it is a visiting fly fisherman on the bow of his skiff watching that fish eat the fly! Jack swears that nothing on earth can compare with the thrill of sighting a fish down a shallow flat or shoreline and watching it eat a fly. When not guiding others, he spends most of his spare time running his Hell’sbay Marathon along waters of the nearby bays and beaches. He is the namesake of his late uncle Jack, who was a commercial fisherman out of Panama City, while another uncle is a well known fly fisherman and outdoor writer in upstate New York.Īn accomplished surfer as well as an avid fisherman, Jack loves everything about the waters of the Florida Panhandle. Many have remarked that Jack’s love of fishing is in his genes. He was drawn to the water even as a toddler, when he delighted in fishing, setting out crab traps and throwing a cast net off the dock at Eden State Park. Jack Foley was born and raised on the Choctawhatchee Bay in South Walton County,FL. “I consistently started hooking, (not landing mind you) Tarpon on the fly here in the Panhandle about 25 years ago, since then I have become completely and totally obsessed.”Ĭapt. Of all the species David guides his clients to, none rival his obsession with the Tarpon. “I tie all my “working flies” and especially enjoy experimenting with new tarpon patterns”. A visit to David’s studio will find him either at his easel or at the tying vise. An accomplished oil painter, David’s work can be seen throughout the south in both public and private collections, and in Old Florida Outfitters in Watercolor. “Sight fishing is what we specialize in, there is nothing like stalking the fish, making that great cast, then watching the fish eat your fly!”ĭavid takes his passion for the marine world and it’s images a step further – he translates them to canvas. Because of his extensive fly fishing resume, David understands the very specific needs of the shallow water fly fishing client. This pursuit has found him guiding in Alaska, Colorado, Texas, Puerto Rico, and all over the Bahamas. Well versed in light tackle and offshore fishing, David’s passion is fly fishing. You have to be on the water everyday to experience these changes first hand.” “Where they are and when they are there changes with the day, month, and even over the years. “Thru the years, I have witnessed the evolution of our fisheries here on the Panhandle, and that knowledge has played an important role in my guide career.” David’s local history is translated to his day-to-day guiding. Having grown up in Destin, David’s passion for fishing was cultivated from a young age. As a born Floridian, David Mangum has spent the better part of his 50 years on the region’s local waters.
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