Billfish DestinationsMarlin and sailfish are the pinnacle of big game fishing. Anglers who are willing to travel to the most productive destinations are generally going to enjoy the most success. Luck is always a factor, but through careful research and initiative we make our own luck. Many good billfish destinations have already been discovered.
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Leadership on the Fly™ brings adult learning a more effective approach to business education. We utilize nature as a role model for the improving business performance, by translating results focused business practices and expertise into interactive outdoor lessons. ...Read More
Alaska Fly Fishing AdventureYou are stumbling downstream, knee deep in a strong current somewhere in the 17 million acre temperate rain forest called the Tongas National Forest. Feel your 8 wt. line burning through your fingers as a ten pound torpedo is taking your fly, line and maybe even you downstream in a furious rush. Hear yourself articulate the excitement of “Steelhead!”
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Chile Fly Fishing AdventureChile is a world-class destination for fly fishing. I have fished this area and all I can say is: Chile is a unique flyfishing destination that must be experienced first hand to be appreciated. The people the food and wine…every angler must put Chile on their fishing priority list. . I will be hosting a few trips this year call me for dates and availability. ...Read More
British Colombia Steelhead FishingThe largest steelhead in the world are found in the Skeena River and her tributaries. 10 and 15 pound fish are common, with 20 pound fish a reasonable expectation. Skill, timing and luck play an important part of who catches those 20+ pound fish. Good guides always make a difference. Brad and Scott are the best steelhead guides I have ever fished with. They love their work and they celebrate every fish you catch.
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About Austin HepburnMy name is Austin Hepburn and I love the outdoors. I am a father, husband, adventurer and turtle enthusiast. As a youngster I cut my teeth fishing the Atlantic Seaboard for Blues, Stripers, and Tuna. One of my dreams as a youth was fishing Alaska, and I began my northern sojourn to the Last Frontier in the summer of 1978. My first trip to Alaska was as a commercial fisherman and later as an angler. ...Read More
October 17, 2011
October Marlin Madness 2012 Travel Dates: Saturday October 20 and Friday October 26, 2012. Five days of fishing at Casa Vieja Lodge, Guatemala. Pacific Sailfish and Pacific Blue Marlin on fly. Got Marlin? Click to See More! Watch the Marlin Madness video
Read report →October 28, 2010
The 2010-11 fishing season is off to an exceptional start! I fished with a good friend for 5 days on the Run Line: Captain Chris Sheeder and mates Ricardo and Jeffrey. We were targeting blue marlin on the fly, off the Pacific coast of Guatemala.
Read report →December 9, 2009
Nowhere is the Marlin fishing so exciting as on the Zane Gray Reef, and nowhere is the hospitality better than Tropic Star Lodge. I should add that I can’t imagine a more child friendly environment than TSL. My 10 year old daughter, Annie, and Hep each caught their first Pacific Sailfish
Read report →November 18, 2008
Guatemala Sailfish School Casa Vieja Lodge Three delightful ladies and their gentleman friend joined me to kick off the High Season of bill fishing at Casa Vieja Lodge. Pacific Sailfish are in abundance off the coast of Guatemala year round. November marks the end of the rainy season in Central America and the advent of […]
Read report →August 29, 2008
Greetings from Terrace: Today I finished a five day steelhead fishing trip on the Skeena drainage in Northern British Columbia. A “weather event” occurred at the beginning of the week which brought the river levels up and out of their banks, and turned the normally crystal clear water an angry chocolate brown. My fellow steelhead […]
Read report →March 26, 2008
Casa Vieja Lodge Iztapa, Guatemala The red hot Guatemala sailfish bite had slowed down going into the third week of March. My classmate from The Haverford School ’75, George Wood and his son Cary Wood, THS ’08 joined me for the only available dates coinciding with Cary’s spring break: Easter Weekend. We arrived at Casa […]
Read report →September 22, 2007
Today I fished with Annie Hepburn. Despite being only seven years old, Annie is a very accomplished fisherman, having had great success with weakfish & flounder, in New Jersey waters, and various species, fishing the Florida Keys. In fresh water, trout are her main pursuit, and she is an accomplished flycaster when the sunfish are biting.
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