Permit fishing is one of those things where we can wax endlessly and theorize about what different fly would have worked, or how we should have stripped it, or what could have happened with a different cast? It’s easy to get caught up in the unknowns of such an unpredictable endeavor, but at the end of the day, it really starts by putting yourself in the position for success. Pursuits like …

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 …