Florida Flyfishing Lessons

With 43 years experience teaching and guiding flyfishers, there is no one better to get you started in flyfishing than Capt. Pete Greenan. He is a Federation of Fly FIshers Master Casting Instructor and a former member of the Federation of Flyfishers (FFF) Board of Governors Casting Instructor Certification Program. Pete is a lifelong flyfisherman with a passion for turning students into competent flyfishers, allowing them to enjoy the sport for the rest of their lives.

Pete offers the following opportunities to learn:

• Private Flycasting Lessons - to improve your fly casting at any level

• On-the-water Instruction - to help turn your flycasting skills into flyfishing skills

• Group Flyfishing Seminars - for group flyfishing instruction

• Club Presentations - flyfishing slideshows and casting demonstrations

• Outdoor Trade Shows - Featured flycasting and flyfishing presentations

Fly Fishing Schools

The Fly Fishing School holds scheduled flyfishing seminars and offers private lessons to develop your skills as a flycaster and a flyfisher.

Contact Pete for registration

Flycasting Instruction can be combined with guided float trips for "on the water" experience. Capt. Pete is FFF Master Flycasting Instructor

Guided Flyfishing Trips

Boca Grande and Sarasota Guided Flyfishing Trips

For 43 years now, Capt. Pete Greenan's Gypsy Guide Service has been guiding anglers to great fishing and enjoyment in the waters around Sarasota and Boca Grande, Florida. Pete guides year-round, taking anglers into the Florida gulfcoast bays and backwaters in search of Tarpon, Snook, Redfish, Sea Trout, Pompano, Bluefish and many other species. From hunting Tarpon in Charlotte Harbor/Gasparilla Sound and off the beaches to fishing the mangrove islands and saltwater flats of Boca Grande, Placida and the surrounding areas, Capt. Pete will put you on the available fish species any time of year.

Now offering 4-6 hour fishing trips...

Are you a local resident or visiting angler wanting to get out for a shorter fishing trip than the normal FULL-DAY event?

Capt. Pete is offering 4 and 6 hour trips in Sarasota or Boca Grande

Visit our Fishing Trips page for details...

Location & Directions

Boca Grande is on the Southwest Gulf Coast of Florida. It encompasses Charlotte Harbor, Pine Island Sound and Gasparilla Island and is near Placida, Florida and Punta Gorda, Florida. Although famous for it's fantastic Tarpon fishing, Boca Grande also hold large numbers of Snook, Redfish, Seatrout and more. In total, there is over 75 sq. miles of grass flats, mangrove islands, channels and deep basins. The water is generally clear enough to sight cast to most species. Because the area has hundreds of mangrove islands, anglers can always find protected water to fish and usually have reasonably flat seas. Boca Grande is approximately 35 miles south of Sarasota and is easily accessed from Tampa or Ft. Myers airports. This area is one of the last remaining bastions of what Florida is noted for. Don't forget your camera!