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About your Guide


Patrick Cassidy has been fishing the waters around Cape Cod for the past 30 years. Before Cape Cod on the Fly, he worked at the Cape Cod Times, writing and editing stories about a variety of topics, including fishing. He is fully licensed and insured; owns New England Maritime; is a FarBank certified saltwater fly fishing instructor; serves on the boards for Fly Fishers International Northeast Council and the Cape Cod Blue Economy Foundation; and is a member of the American Saltwater Guides Association.

Stories, Tips and Adventures

The Take

In our hands

Below is a letter submitted as public comment on the latest proposed changes to the way striped bass are managed along the coast. As you can read, there weren’t a …

The corner

I caught myself telling a fish story the other day.  It was from a time last year with a client wading the flats. (You guess which one.) We had left …