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| Sailfish on Fly, Sailfish School, January 2012 Casa Vieja LodgeGuatemala |
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Tournament final Results, January 12, 2012
Yesterday, January 12 was the final day of fishing in my Sailfish Fly Tournament at the fabulous Casa Vieja Lodge in Guatemala. Fishing was relatively slow by Guatemalan standards, we had 7 boats (2 anglers per boats entered in the event. After of 3 days of fly fishing for sailfish our 7 teams caught and released 46 sailfish along with a Blue Marlin of 300 pounds, on fly.
The vessel Intensity, with Captain Mike Sheeder, and anglers Lucien LaFond from Normandy France, and Tony Weaver from Anchorage Alaska, won the tournament with 1,300 points, Lucien LaFond won a Mako 9600 fly reel along with a Jake Jordan edition TFO Blue Water HD Marlin Fly Rod as Top point angler.
Second Place Team went to Makaira, with Captain Jason Brice and anglers Jack Callion from Marathon and Paul McGarvie from PA with 1000 points, Paul also won a Mako 9550 fly reel and a TFO Blue Water HD fly rod.
Third place went to Release with Captain Chico Alvarenda, anglers Nat Harris from North Carolina and his partner Nassim Joaguin from Mexico with 950 points.
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| Boat Name |
Anglers |
Score day 1 |
Score day 2 |
Score day 3 |
Total Score |
| Rum Line |
Don Butler |
100 |
150 |
0 |
250 |
| Chris Sheeder |
Brian Horsley |
250 |
0 |
0 |
250 |
| Total Boat Points |
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350 |
150 |
0 |
500 |
| Intensity |
Lucien LaFond |
150 |
550 |
100 |
800 |
| Mike Sheeder |
Tony Weaver |
0 |
500 |
0 |
500 |
| Total Boat Points |
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150 |
1050 |
100 |
1300 |
| Makaira |
Jack Callion |
150 |
150 |
150 |
450 |
| Jason Brice |
Paul McGarvie |
150 |
250 |
150 |
550 |
| Total Boat Points |
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300 |
400 |
300 |
1000 |
| Old Reliable |
Nick Smith |
500 |
0 |
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500 |
| Chip Shafer |
Mike Smith |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Total Boat Points |
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500 |
0 |
0 |
500 |
| Capt. Hook |
Dave Wands |
0 |
300 |
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300 |
| David Salazar |
Roger Harper |
0 |
300 |
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300 |
| Total Boat Points |
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0 |
600 |
0 |
600 |
| Release |
Nat Harris |
150 |
100 |
150 |
400 |
| Chico Alvarenga |
Nassim Joaquin |
0 |
300 |
250 |
550 |
| Total Boat Points |
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150 |
400 |
400 |
950 |
| Spindrift |
Clayt Pollick |
150 |
150 |
150 |
450 |
| Nicho Alvarenga |
Greg Kluh |
0 |
300 |
150 |
450 |
| Total Boat Points |
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150 |
450 |
300 |
900 |
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Jake Jordan
Jake Jordan's Fishing Adventures
PO Box 309
Havelock, NC 28532
252-444-3308 Office
305-872-6060 Cell
www.jakejordan.com
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Tournament Results Jan 11, 2012
Below are the results after the second day of fly fishing for Billfish in my third annual "Jake Jordan Invitational Sailfish Fly Challenge" here in Guatemala. Day one started slow with 10 Sailfish and a Blue Marlin being caught between the 7 two angler teams entered this third year of this event. Day two produced 24 Sailfish caught and released on fly aboard all 7 teams, with the vessel Intensity, Captain Mike Sheeder and anglers Tony Weaver and Lucien LaFond finishing in first place with 8 sailfish on fly today increasing their score to (1200 total Points). Makaira, with Captain Jason Brice with anglers Jack Callion and Paul McGarvie, caught 3 today to increase their score to 700 total points and second place, Holding third place (on time) is Spindrift with Captain Nicho Alvarenga with anglers Clayt Pollick and Greg Kluh scoring a total of 600 points.
Thursday January is the final day of this event, the teams are fishing now and I plan to post the results tonight after our Banquet. As usual the captains & mates, along with Antonio Valdez's wonderful staff at the World Famous Casa Vieja Lodge has d
one a great job hosting and feeding the crew, we are all having another great event, Thanks to Jim Turner (owner of Casa Vieja Lodge) for supporting this Tournament. More reports to follow shortly, all scores are listed below!
Best Regards:
Jake Jordan
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Fly Fishing for Sailfish Report , January 10, 2012
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January 10, 2012 was the first day of the "Jake Jordan Invitational Sailfish Fly Challenge", Fly Fishing Tournament at the world famous "Casa Vieja Lodge" in Guatemala. 7 boats are in the tournament and the first day results are:
Old Reliable, Captain Chip Shafer, Angler Nick Smith, 1 Blue Marlin 500 points
Angler Mike Smith, 0 Points, (Team Points 500), (First Place)
Rum Line, Captain Chris Sheeder, Angler Don Butler 1 sailfish Release, 100 points
Angler Brian Horsley 2 Sailfish Released, 250 points, (Team Points, 350), (Second place)
Makaira, Captain Jason Brice, Angler Jack Callion, 1 Sailfish Release, 150 points
Angler Paul McGarvie, 1 Sailfish Released, 150 points, (300 Team Points), (Third Place)
Release, Captain Chico Alvarenga, Angler Nassim Joaquin, 0 points,
Angler Nat Harris 1 Sailfish Released, 150 points, (Team Points 150)
Captain Hook, Captain David Salazar, Angler Dave Wands, 0 points,
Angler Roger Harper 0 points. (0 Team Points)
Intensity, Captain Mike Sheeder, Angler Lucien LaFond, 1 Sailfish released, 150 points
Angler Tony Weaver, 0 points, (150 Team Points.)
Spindrift, Captain Nicho Alvarenga, Angler Clayt Pollick, 1 sailfish released, 150 Points Angler Greg Kluh, 0 Points, (150 Team Points)
Sunny and calm sea conditions, Nick Smith's Blue Marlin was estimated to weigh close to 300 pounds. Fishing is slow for Guatemala, hopefully the action will pick up during the next two days. 81 percent of the fish that bit the fly on the first day were caught and released, the fly was recovered from 80 percent of the fish caught on the first day of this tournament. Stay tuned for further reports daily from Casa Vieja Lodge.
Captain Jake Jordan
Tournament Director
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Guatemala Sailfish School Fly Fishing Report
January 6 & 7 2012
Greetings from world Famous Casa Vieja Lodge:
After leaving coastal North Carolina's lovely 18 degrees at 6 AM, arriving at Casa Vieja Lodge at 2:00 PM to 82 degree air temperature with sun shine felt real good. I took a dip in the pool, laid out in the sun for an hour or two and then met with the anglers returning from a good day of sailfishing.
Chris and John Palmari, two brothers from NYC and Arizona had fished for the 3
days with Chris Sheeder aboard Rum Line, they caught 10 on fly from 35 raised on their first day, they went 3 from 11 bites on day two, they took a day off and then on the 5th they caught 8 on fly from 14 bites.
Spindrift caught 22 and 20 on bait for the last two days, while Intensity had several double digit days before we started fishing with them. Yesterday my first day fishing with Jim and Brian Buckler from Colorado and Chicago was rough in the morning, we raised a fish which would not tease in at 8:00 AM. At 1: 30 we raised a double which came in hot, Brian caught the big fish which ate his fly.
Today the water was calm and fishing was slow, we raised one fish, got a bite, and did not hook the only fish of the day. I have not talked to any of the other boats yet so I do not know how the other boats did. Tomorrow we will go where the fish are and catch a lot aboard Intensity with Captain Mike. Yesterday Captain Jason Brice caught 8 sailfish. I am really tired, more reports to follow, wish you were here.
Regards:
Jake
Guatemala Sailfish School Fly Fishing Report
January 8, 2012
Greetings from world Famous Casa Vieja Lodge:
The weather is clear, calm, sunny, and hot, The current changed and clear water was closer, fishing improved today. Jim Buckler, (owner of the great Colorado fly shop "Cutthroat Anglers" in Silverhorne Co. www.fishcolorado.com ) along with his son; Brian Buckler from Chicago fished with me aboard "Intensity" with Captain Mike Sheeder. Today was their last day of a relatively slow Sailfish School, we raised 13 sailfish, they got bites from 8, and these two fly anglers caught 5 sailfish on fly and hooked, fought and broke off a nice striped marlin 10 foot from a release. We had fun and will fish together soon, I love this Job, more reports to follow, wish you were here. Below the pictures from this trip is a report from Captain Chris Sheeder aboard the vessel "Rum Line", hope you enjoy? The practice day for my tournament is January 9, 8 boats will be fishing, stay tuned for fishing report.
Regards:
Jake
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| Sailfish on Fly, Jim and Brian Buckler Sailfish School January 6, 7, 8, 2012, Intensity , Casa Vieja Lodge, Guatemala, Captain Mike Sheeder |
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Greetings and Happy New Year from sunny Guatemala,
2011 ended and 2012 began with some fantastic fishing action from both sailfish and blue marlin. The year ended with boats raising up to 7 blues a day, and the year began with boats raising up to 40 sails a day!
The McGee / Hughes group tried their luck fishing aboard the Rum Line the last few days of December and raised 25 sails, 6 blue marlin and keep the grill supplied with fresh dorado burgers everyday. The two couples released 13 sails and 2 of the blues. The first days blue was about 250lbs, and day two's blue was over 400lbs...very nice!
The Palmieri brothers fly-fished the first few days of January and saw some awesome action as well. The duo raised 84 sails, more than half of which came blazing in to accept a fly, and we released 22. The blue marlin decided to tease us, with 4 of them showing up, but wouldn't be caught. Chris Palmieri decided to jump in and swim this his last fish to put a cap on a great trip. Check Chris and John out, holding up a nice one!
Tight Lines,
Chris Sheeder
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| Sailfish on Fly, Jake Jordan's Sailfish School at Casa Vieja Lodge, Guatemala, January 7, 2012, Jim Buckler Angler, Captain Mike Sheeder, Vessel "Intensity" |
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