Spanish Fly

Jose ends his Louisiana tour by joining up again with friend Rimmer Covington for a unique show from Venice and Plaquemines Parrish. They join forces with conservationist Eric Newman who tags and tracks fish for research and education, and they set out for both offshore and inshore fishing to find the perfect fish for Newman's studies.

What happens when you meet up in Venice, Plaquemines Parrish, Louisiana with local guide Miles Larose, load up your spinning gear in a small skiff, motor an hour and a half, and then realize you forgot most all of your tackle back at the marina? You search the boat and try to find one lure that just might work to catch big delicious redfish.

The Everglades in Florida had a freakish cold snap that resulted in unprecedented fish kill. Jose joins guide Jeff Legutki to see what if any lingering effects that had on the fishery and ability to find those fish.

Jose Wejebe has been wanting to return to southern Louisiana and Plaquemines Parrish in winter to strictly flyfish for big redfish. Today he gets his wish as local guide Miles Larose packs up the Hells Bay skiff, and in one single day, figures out the right fly, the right area, and the right retrieve, even though mother nature has turned the lights out making sight fishing very difficult.

You hear it all the time: 'take a kid fishing."But until you do and see how those memories and lessons grow over time you might not understand how important it is.'This week on the Spanish Fly, host Jose Wejebe takes his daughter Krissy fishing in the Key West, Florida and both explain the ironic bonds they've shared through the past-time over the years.

Jose takes long time friend Ken Davis fishing in Key West after he returned briefly from Iraq. Ken Davis is civilian contractor working in Iraq who has returned briefly to his home in the keys. Jose shoots to show Ken as much about the key west fishery as possible in the short time available.

This week on the Spanish Fly, Part 2 of 2 of what it takes to be a fishing guide' and a fishing guide in the wonderful waters of the Florida Keys. Key West is again the setting as host Jose Wejebe joins friend/guide Bryan 'Bear' Holeman to scour the waters of the Keys to catch sharks, permit and tarpon. Holeman is a Keys 'import' guide and sets the plan to catch live bait to catch multiple species

So you want to be a fishing guide' a fishing guide in Key West?' In Part 1 of 2, we find It's not always what it's cracked up to be, as host Jose Wejebe and friend/guide Stevie Impallomeni attest in this episode of the Spanish Fly.'Impallomeni is a Keys native and specializes in artificial baits.'The beautiful waters of the Florida Keys are the setting.

What do you do in tough economic times when you want to go fishing but don't have the means to get in a big center console boat? Downsize everything' including your boat, and fish in your own backyard. Host Jose Wejebe visits friend Derek Redwine at his house in Merritt Island with the goal of finding any kind of small fishing craft to catch fish around Merritt Island, Florida.

Join host Jose Wejebe as he travels to Venice, Louisiana, in a brand new Spanish Fly as he teams up with friend Rimmer Covington and the Mexican Gulf Fishing Company in an offshore excursion to fish oil platforms and structure right near ground zero of the Horizon Oil spill showing that the fishing is better than ever after last year's accident.