Brendan Mason
Brendan Mason is a Canadian born angler who now lives in the outer suburbs of Seattle. Brendan has fished all of his life and started a passion for fly in British Columbia where he grew up. His father a search and rescue expert and his mother a teacher Brendan has the brains and skills to both out think and survive longer than the average Joe Blow. Brendan has fished extensively for the trout and salmonoids but in recent years has attacked the saltwater with gusto. His travels have taken him to Australia, Mexico, Argentina and beyond. Brendan also has the distinction of catching a 600 lb Mako on fly while fishing San Diego in 2006.
Articles by this Author
My Week in Florida
- By Brendan Mason
- Published 06/17/2007
- Trip Reports
- Unrated
I've just returned from a week of fly fishing with my buddy Brian Jill
of Trout Bum Diaries fame down on his home waters around Clearwater,
Florida.
Trout Bum Diaries Volume II: Kiwi Camo
- By Brendan Mason
- Published 03/6/2007
- DVD's and Movies
- Unrated
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Handcrafted Fly Wallets
- By Brendan Mason
- Published 03/2/2007
- Tackle
- Unrated
Looking for a truly one-of-a-kind fishing accessory? Marc Crapo can craft you a custom leather fly wallet with a burned design of your choice. |
Fly Fishing Film Tour
- By Brendan Mason
- Published 01/8/2007
- Events
- Unrated
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Fly Fishing Entertainment Hits Big Screens Across the Nation
The Angling Exploration Group, a media production company specializing in adventure fly fishing entertainment, recently announced an updated film and venue list for their upcoming film tour. The tour will visit over thirty cities nation-wide and kicks off January 12th, 2007 at the Patagonia World Headquarters in Ventura, California.
International Permit Rescue (I.P.R.)
- By Brendan Mason
- Published 11/3/2006
- Trip Reports
- Unrated
The locals call them "pumpkinheads" or "snubbies", and according to the IGFA they're Snubnose Pompano, but those who have cast a crab fly to them on the flats will agree; they're definitely deserving of the Permit title. |
| The author with his first Permit or should we say Indo Pacific Permit |
West Coast Snook in Mexico
- By Brendan Mason
- Published 06/16/2006
- Destinations and Travel
- Unrated
While Randall was busy catching giant tarpon in Florida (article to follow), I went down to the state of Nayarit on the west coast of Mexico. We spent some time fishing in Sayulita and catching roosterfish, jacks, dorado, and even a tripletail, but the real highlight was an exploratory mission into the mangroves in the northern part of the state...
'Guilt Free' Fish Farming?
- By Brendan Mason
- Published 02/22/2006
- Conservation
- Unrated
An article was published today in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer about offshore fish farming in Hawaii. The Almaco Jack, known as kahala in Hawaii is supposedly the newest aquaculture miracle and is being branded as Kona Kampachi. The downside is each farmed Almaco Jack will still devour several times its own body weight in wild-fish ground into meal. Guilt-free fish or another public distraction to the problems facing the world's oceans?
River and Reef On Location: Australia
- By Brendan Mason
- Published 12/21/2005
- Destinations and Travel
- Unrated
The River and Reef crew has been busy over the past month, logging a few personal firsts and exploring some new water in the southern hemisphere. Full report coming soon...
More photos compliments of Spanish Fly here
Death of a Trout Stream
- By Brendan Mason
- Published 10/14/2005
- Stories and Essays
- Unrated
A first hand account of the effects of the drought that has been affecting the American West for the past several years, witnessed by the author firsthand in early 2005. Low precipitation equals more irrigation pumping, and many small isolated trout streams are unknown victims in the battle for water, lacking the protections provided to the larger salmon and steelhead-bearing streams.
Bluewater Fishing the Pacific Northwest
- By Brendan Mason
- Published 09/25/2005
- Destinations and Travel
- Unrated
When anglers in the Pacific Northwest talk of bluewater fishing, it's usually in reference to a trip to the tropics for glamour species like dorado, marlin, or yellowfin tuna. Ignored are their pelagic cousins who range just outside of our cold inshore waters in the Pacific Northwest... |
| Tube flies tied to match the anchovy chum worked well |