Meet your guide, Kevin Arculeo
Kevin's fishing obsession began as a small child. He spent his adolescent life in central and south Florida pursuing Largemouth Bass in the phosphate pits and the saucer shaped orange grove lakes. However, his pursuits didn't stop there. Kevin also fished the canals and everglades of southern Florida. In other words, if there was a body of water nearby, Kevin was likely to be fishing it.
He bought his first fly rod at age 12 using Green Stamps and caught several nice bass with it, but during his childhood, Kevin used mostly conventional tackle. In 1993, he discovered his true love for fly fishing during his first fly fishing trip to Colorado. He's been obsessively hooked ever since.
Today, Kevin primarily focuses on fly fishing for landlocked Striped Bass in Lake Sidney Lanier. He also fly fishes for Trout in the Chattahoochee River and several streams in Northern Georgia. He also travels to numerous domestic and international destinations pursuing predator game fish with a fly rod.
Kevin's catches
Kevin displays a big catch
Some of species Kevin has chased and areas he has ventured to include, but are not limited to:
Striped Bass - Lake Sidney Lanier, Ga.; Chattahoochee River, West Point, Ga.; Cape Cod, Mass.; Narragansett Bay, R.I.
Hybrid Bass - Lake Hartwell, Ga.; Chattahoochee River, West Point, Ga.
Spotted Bass - Lake Sidney Lanier, Ga.
Largemouth Bass - Southeast U.S.
False Albacore - Montauk, N.Y.; Harkers Island, N.C.
Bluefish - Montauk, N.Y.; Cape Cod, Mass.
Tarpon - Florida Keys; Homosassa, Fla.; Ormond Beach, Fla.; Panama City, Fla.
Bonefish - Bahamas; Florida Keys
Snook - Ormond Beach, Fla.; Naples, Fla.
Redfish - Charleston, S.C.; All of Florida
Sea Trout - All of Florida
Trout (Freshwater) - Northern Georgia; North Carolina; Colorado
Peacock Bass - Davie, Fla.