With thirty minutes left on the last day of his latest trip to the Club, Joe Seelig managed this beautiful permit… on his birthday nonetheless. Read below for a nice recap of the memorable moment with his good friends, Charlie and Nino (the guides). Yesterday was my birthday, as well as my last day of [...]
Dr. Joe Seelig, on his second week of the season at the Club, has been in a real funk. Breaking off fish, tough conditions, poor casting, bad knots, ect. We have all been concerned that our boy had lost his magic. Not to worry. The Mojo returned yesterday with a vengeance. Big Permit like this [...]
Our new best friend in the great white north Mike Gifford of Country Pleasures Fly shop in Calgary Alberta, sent down his first of 3 groups of the season and what a spirited crew they turned out to be. Fishing was a bit on the difficult side but that didn’t detour this crew from their [...]
Due to popular demand, we have decided to open the Club for seven weeks of autumn fishing starting on November 2, 2012. The plan is to stay open until December 21, 2012, close back down for the holidays, and then reopen again (as usual) for the duration of the 2013 campaign, January 4 – June [...]
At least once a season, Kaye’s daughter, Valerie comes down from Bellevue, WA. and spends a few weeks in Punta Allen with her mom. Val inherited her Mother’s good looks and zest for life. They are like two peas in a pod (3 peas including Digger) and are always off on adventures together, making friends, [...]
Last week there was a horrible fire in Punta Allen. A handful of buildings including the local bakery and the home Julio’s ex-wife, were completely lost in the fire. TPC guides, Julio and Tony, both have daughters who lost nearly everything in the fire (including all their clothes and toys). The local baker, Santiago, has [...]
The newest tradition at the Palometa Club: Each time a guest lands a permit (or more) you get to raise and fly a small blue and white flag on our new flagpole. While this is a new idea for catch and release permit fishing, colored flags have been a part of the blue water sport [...]
By: Dick Cameron Anchorage Alaska is a beautiful place for sure but, February can test the metal of even the longtime resident of “The Great Land”. This time of year you are getting skied out, the days are not getting longer fast enough, you are sick to tears of shoveling snow and there is no [...]
Multi repeat guest of the Club, and permit count record holder, Dr. Joe Seelig, from Anchorage is at the Club this week. While sharing a little pre-trip enthusiasm, Joe passed along these hero shots from last season. Joe holds the records for the most permit in a season (20 in 17 Days) and the most [...]
For a guy who is entrenched in the day to day sales, marketing, and business operations for the Palometa Club, I would have thought that the novelty of the place might have worn off by now. Not the case. My latest visit to the Club was yet another reminder of how the fishery, town, staff, [...]