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Clifford Ramos has been chosen "Fly
Fishing Guide Of The Year" by a vote of the fly fishing
clients of Silver King Lodge and clients of other lodges that
have had the pleasure of using his services. On the east coast of
Costa Rica where the Tarpon is the most sought after game fish,
tradition has been broken in a significant way. The numbers of
tarpon hooked, jumped and landed are now in favor of the fly
fisherman. This is mainly due to the efforts of Clifford Ramos .
I have personally seen numerous tarpon being jumped and fought by
Clifford’s clients this past October while I and other
fishermen using jigs and plugs were having somewhat less success
. On the first two of five days fishing they had 25 tarpon on and
boated 7. During the times when they weren’t fighting tarpon
they were landing Jacks in the twenty pound range.
Clifford is a personable young man who loves fly fishing with a
passion. Born in Barra Del Colorado he is married to Diana and
has three children, one girl and two sons. His youngest son Allen
has his passion for fly fishing.
Clifford has been fly fishing for fifteen years having learned it
from a client, Nick Curcione. He has since developed his art and
technique to the point that he ties his own flies and has
developed a method of fishing deep water tarpon with a fly. He
can help even the most advanced fly fisherman improve his
technique. The "Cliff Fly" developed and tied by
Clifford accounted for most of the tarpon that his clients have
caught.
The "Cliff Fly", with Clifford guiding, has accounted
for an astounding 23 tarpon jumped and 16 landed by Harry Kain in
one day fishing.
When fly fishing at Silver King Lodge, Clifford recommends a 14
weight rod in the ocean and a 12 weight rod in the river. Lines
are sinking with 400 grain in the river, 500 grain in the river
mouth and 800 grain in the ocean. If you choose to bring your own
flies he recommends dark colors, black and red with some white
and they should have eyes. Larger flies are best.
Clifford Ramos has been with Silver King Lodge for over a year
and is the type of person that would be happy to have both the
experienced or the novice fly fisherman catch his passion for
landing a Silver King Tarpon on a fly.
Want to fly fish?
This is what you will need!
TARPON
RODS; 14-15 WEIGHT
BACKING LINE; 200 - 300 YARDS 40LB TEST
RUNNING LINE ; 550-850 GRAIN LEAD CORE FULL SINKING NOT WEIGHT FORWARD,
TIPPET; 12-30LB LINE
LEADER; 15-20-80-100LB MONO, (1 FOOT FOR A RECORD) 3 FEET
FLY COLORS; EYES ON ALL FLYS
BLACK & ORANGE, BLACK & CHARTREUSE, BLACK & WHITE
CLIFF FLY
HOOKS; 6/0
TARPON IN COSTA RICA ARE BOTTOM FEEDERS YOU HAVE TO GET DOWN TO THEM !!!
SNOOK
RODS; 8 – 10 WEIGHT
BACKING LINE ; 200-300 YARDS 20LB TEST LINE
RUNNING LINE; 250 –350 SINKING FOR THE SURF
FLOATING LINE FOR THE JUNGLE
TIPPET; 15LB
LEADER; 60-80LB MONO
COLORS SAME AS TARPON ALL SHOULD HAVE EYES
HOOKS; 3/0,4/0
JUNGLE SPECIES
RODS; 5 – 8 WEIGHT
FLOATING DRY LINE
POPPERS, CRICKETS; FROGS
20LBS TEST LEADER
COLORS; LIGHT AND DARK (WHITE, YELLOW, BLACK, GREENE AND RED)
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