Episode 47: Scott Hamilton - Offshore Fly Fishing

Mill House Podcast

Mill House

Wilderness, Sports, Leisure, Education, Hobbies

5 • 973 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

When you think of offshore fly fishing in the Palm Beach/Jupiter, Florida area there is one name that stands out - Scott Hamilton. Scott is a true visionary and fishing genius in how he innovated the south east ocean fishery as an exclusive fly fishing captain. He designed his own flies that successfully caught a plethora of blue water fish, and when he got blown out offshore he could move inside and target jacks, tarpon, and snook which he knew well. Many were amazed how well his spectrum developed. Often he’d out fish the bait captains. I heard of Scott well before I met him and when I did, I couldn’t wait to fish with him. Offshore fishing is something that very much intrigues me, yet have little experience at (maybe because I get sea sick when the conditions are ideal for catching). He mastered his craft quickly and it became a regular occurrence for his anglers to come home with big cobia, kingfish, tuna, and dolphin on the fly. Scott is a guy who says it how it is. He doesn’t exaggerate and will work extremely hard to make sure his clients have a great experience on the water. In the last couple of years, Scott has been experiencing, like many other guides, the frustration of a declining fishery. We all have to appreciate what we still have, try to save it, and cherish the great moments that are still coming. Thanks so much for coming on and telling your story, Scott….

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0:00.0	Scott Hamilton is a true visionary and a fishing genius and how he
0:07.2	innovated the Palm Beach Ocean Fishery as an exclusive fly fishing captain.
0:12.0	He designed his own flies that successfully caught a plethora of ocean side and blue water fish and when he got blown out offshore, he could move inside and target those fish that he also knew well.
0:25.0	Many were amazed at how well his spectrum developed.
0:28.0	Often he'd outfish the bait captains.
0:31.0	I heard of Scott well before I met him, and what I did I couldn't wait to fish with him.
0:36.2	When I finally did I was not let down.
0:38.9	He knew when to go where and when we got there it was how he had called it. He had mastered his craft and
0:45.0	quickly became a close friend.
0:49.0	We broke everything, we broke lines, we broke everything we broke lines we broke
0:55.0	cooks we broke rods we broke our minds we broke marriages we broke the
1:02.3	whole thing. We came up with the idea of going out that
1:06.7	night and chasing girls and whoever had the biggest pair of pain he's went to pot.
1:11.4	I knocked another arrow and he turned around the other way and I shot him going
1:14.8	through the other way so I double-lunged him both ways.
1:18.4	But it was nothing for us to paddle an air mattress out into government cut.
1:21.7	I got him out right now.
1:25.0	I'm going to teach him a lesson.
1:27.0	I'm just an old guy that likes to fish.
1:30.0	I'm not quitting yet.
1:32.0	And he said, well, who the hell do you think you are, Sue App?
1:35.0	And I said, that's exactly who I am.
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