Over the past few years, if you've bee paying attention to the world of flyfishing travel, you've probably heard or seen a lot from the crew at Xflats Lodge down at the bottom of the Yucatan Peninsula. There is good reason that this destination has become so popular and that reason largely revolves around the ever elusive Permit. From large ocean flat fish eating floating crabs (yep, dry flies) t …

It was nearing the end of a long fishless day, which is nothing unusual in the steelhead world. Fall light was fading, the warm day cooling as evening approached. I had been dropped off on a long glassy tailout.  The last run of the day.  A fresh set of grizzly tracks trailed off on the beach at the waters edge that momentarily distracted me.  Before tying on a new fly, I surveyed …