Hunting with a Fly #3 | Fly Fishing Barracuda on the Saltwater Flats with Vince Tobia
Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast
Dave Stewart
4.7 • 530 Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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#931B Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/931B
In this episode of Hunting with a Fly, Rick Kustich sits down with Vince Tobia of Cattaraugus Creek Outfitters to talk about one of the most overlooked predators in saltwater fly fishing—the barracuda. While many anglers head to the flats focused solely on bonefish, Vince explains why barracuda deserve a spot on every fly angler's radar. From sight-fishing tactics and presentation angles to gear setup and landing fish safely, Vince shares the lessons he's learned from years of chasing these aggressive apex predators across the Bahamas and beyond.
#931B Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/931B
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| 0:00.0 | This is Rick Custage, author, guide, and travel host, and you are tuned into the Hunting with the Fly podcast, |
| 0:07.5 | where we dive deep into the strategy, approach, flies, and culture surrounding the fly fishing pursuit of apex fish like musky, pike, trophy trout, and saltwater predators. |
| 0:19.0 | Fooling a fish at the top of the food chain requires the focus |
| 0:22.1 | and commitment to understand the quarry's habits, going beyond simply casting and retrieving a fly. |
| 0:28.6 | Each episode is geared towards information to improve your angling and enjoyment of a quest. |
| 0:34.3 | If it concerns big flies and aggressive eats, we have it covered here on the |
| 0:38.7 | Hunting with a Fly podcast. Please stay tuned. Welcome to the Hunting with the Fly podcast. I'm |
| 0:47.3 | your host Rick Custage. In this episode, we are going to the salt and talking to Vince |
| 0:52.6 | Tovia. Vince owns and operates Cataterogas Creek Outfitters. |
| 0:56.9 | He's a guide, outfitter, travel host, and accomplished angler. Thanks for being on the podcast, Vince. |
| 1:03.5 | Thanks for having me, Rick. I think this will be an interesting conversation to talk about, you know, kind of transitioning here to Salt and talking about barracuda. Well, I love barracuda and I'm always excited to talk about, you know, kind of transitioning here to salt and talking about |
| 1:11.3 | barracuda? Well, I love barracuda and I'm always excited to talk about them. |
| 1:16.3 | Why don't we start out just a little bit talking about your operation, Cataragos Creek Outfitters, |
| 1:21.6 | and particularly let's talk a little bit about, you know, your saltwater hosted travel trips |
| 1:25.9 | and maybe some of the places you've been and where you know |
| 1:28.6 | where you're planning to go to and just give us a little background yeah sure i i started out guiding |
| 1:33.8 | for steelhead of course as you know on cataragos creek and got well over 25 years ago i took my |
| 1:41.2 | first bone fishing trip and i was hooked. I just love the environment of the |
| 1:47.5 | saltwater flats. It's just a different kind of wilderness out there as opposed to our, you know, |
| 1:53.0 | rivers and mountains and streams. So I got hooked on that and I started going on trips and then |
| 1:59.9 | I started hosting trips and setting up trips for anglers, |
| 2:03.7 | both, you know, guided trips and then even DIY bone fishing trips. And, you know, I really love |
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