Owner and operator of Mangrove Outfitters Fly Shop, Tom fishes for redfish, snook, tarpon and more out of the Naples area and the Ten Thousand Islands.

A quiet, soft-spoken guide, Tom is a career F.F.F. Certified Casting Instructor. His patience is unique and his love is to help people catch that first fish on fly. Tom is an Umpqua contract fly tier and tying instructor, so you never know what flies he may bring along.  Guided winning team in 1999 Redsnook fly fishing division.  You will be fishing out of a 1997 Hewes flats skiff. Powered by Yamaha, he can accommodate one or two anglers. Sage Fly Rods, Islander Reels, and Hewes boats endorse Tom.

Capt. Jeff is a native of Naples and has fished the waters around Naples down to the Everglades National Park his entire life. And after spending countless hours north from Pine Island and through to Estero Bay for numerous tournaments he has now expanded his chartered waters comfortably knowing where the fish are! Capt  Jeff is a sight fishing specialist who fishes 1-2 anglers out of a 16' Hells Bay Whipray for fly fishing and plug casting. If its bait fishing you prefer, Jeff fishes out of a 1890 Action Craft and can take up to 3 per. He supplies all equipment & license needed for an excellent trip.  

A day of fishing with friends and Jeff's enthusiasm and knowledge can make that day even better. We are very happy to have Jeff on the Mangrove Outfitters Endorsed Guides program.

Captain Eric (The Red) Hart moved to Naples Fl in 2003 from the mountains of Colorado where he guided Fly Fishing on some of the countries most prestine gold medal streams. After a few years of vacationing in south west florida Eric decided it was time to get back to the salt water were he learnd to fish on the coast of New Jersey . With the salt water back in his blood Capt. Eric has made shallow water fly fishing his greatest passion. Fly or light tackle Capt. Eric offers the best options for both beginner and expert anglers.

 With his 17ft Mitzi ST he can pole as skinny as you'll ever need to go.Your primary targets will be Tarpon, Snook and Redfish, as well as Trout, Tripletail, Cobia and the tackle busting Jack Crevalle. Depending on where the fishing is hot you will be fishing either Ten Thousand Islands launching from the town of Goodland just south of Marco Island , Estero Bay just north of Naples in Bonita Springs or Pine Island Sound which is located south of Ft Meyers close to Sanibel Island .

A life long fly rodder, Capt. Ned Small grew up fishing for stripers in the tidal rivers of Cape Cod and spent many years in the Delaware Valley fishing dry flies for trout. A family passion for fly fishing, particularly tarpon and other salt water species, led him to Everglades City, on Florida 's mangrove coast. Capt. Ned spends over two hundred days on the water each year finding his way into some of the most exciting fly and light tackle fishing in the area and has the specialized equipment and back country knowledge to put you on some big fish in some very shallow water.
     
  Capt. Ned lives at the northern entrance to Everglades National Park, Everglades City , in a stilt house on Panther Creek. He fishes a few tournaments each year, ties mostly his own flies and practices catch and release (with a few edible exceptions.) His boats are kept at the dock behind his house where you can be on the water in minutes.

Capt. Bill Faulkner is a south Florida native who has been fishing the Naples area for nearly 30 years. His vast experience, intimate knowledge and enthusiastic demeanor often lead his clients to the most remote reaches of the Everglades National Park in search of trophy snook, tarpon and redfish on fly rods of all sizes. Capt. Bill specializes in sight fishing the shallow coves, creeks, ponds and bays south of Everglades City where four (4) of the seven (7) current world record snook have been caught on fly in the last decade.

Capt. Bill is also an outdoor writer and photographer with credits in many of the industry's most respected publications. He has served as Fishing and Outdoors Editor for the Naples Daily News, as Editor for Florida Sport Fishing Magazine and is currently listed as a contributing editor for Florida Sportsman Magazine. He also has been featured on several regional and national television shows and spends a portion of the year touring the southeastern United States seeking highly-prized redfish on the FLW/Wal-Mart and ESPN Redfish Tours.

Capt. John has a passion for the backcountry and its tannic waters. Having fished all over Florida he decided to make the remote waters of the 10,000 islands and Everglades National Park his fishing grounds. Having taught high school and working as a consultant using his degrees in Biology from Wake Forest University and the University of Texas at San Antonio . He prefers the quiet classroom of the Everglades from his perch above the motor of his Hells Bay Flats Boat and a large 22' fiberglass push pole has replaced his chalk. Using his knowledge from the classroom coupled with his patience from six years of teaching he has learned the Everglades and some of it haunts over the years.

Having won a few tournaments such as the Largest Youth Guided Snook in the Gene Doyle Tournament 2002; Largest slot redfish in the Jug Creek Tarpon Invitational 2003 as well as placing in other local tournaments Capt. John has enjoyed being a contributing writer for a local magazine as well as Florida Sportfishing magazine.