Fish Cape Cod with Captain Will Raye

Guiding Fly fishing and Lite tackle anglers on Cape Cod, flats fishing Monomoy, South Beach, Nantucket Sound, Cape Cod Bay, Nauset Beach...Cape Cod is the best place to fly fish for stripers in shallow clear water! *USCG Licensed and Insured guided trips*

Fishing Trips start booking January 1, 2009 so make your plans!
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Call: 508-432-7856
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October/November bluefin tuna fishing was spectacular this year so bear that in mind for next season.

Every year I anglers bring new fly rods on board. This year I found 2 that I really likes. The first is the new Orvis Helios. Super lite and fairly crisp, it was a super flats rod. I had the 8 wt. on board for most of the season and clients loved it. The other rod I really enjoyed was the Albright XX series. Great rods for throwing sinking lines, the best I have seen. I also did more butterfly jigging this year and will dedicate a few more trips to that next season. Thanks AC for all the pointers.

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A little about myself:
I started fishing Cape Cod waters when I was very young, spending much of my time off Chatham. I have been guiding anglers since 1995 and still get as excited about seeing them catch fish as I did the day I fly fishing cape cod flats started. I grew up spending my summers on Morris Island in Chatham, spending every spare minute down at the beach throwing jigs, swimming plugs, poppers and eventually fly fishing. People used to stare when I was fly fishing on the beach. Now a days it seems like everyone has a fly rod on the boat. Later on, graduating to a rowboat, I used to spend countless hours fighting the tide in Stage Harbor while chasing big harbor blues feeding on menhaden. When I finally was allowed to have an outboard, a monstrous 5 hp, I was hunting schoolies around Morris Island, Monomoy and South Beach.

About 15 years and 5 or 6 boats later, my first guide boat was a 16' Carolina Skiff. She could float on wet sand, but beat the stuffing out of me and my anglers. I upgraded to a 18' Hewes Bayfisher, a great little boat, which I had until 2004. She was starting to show her age and needed a little more TLC than I could give so off she went to a Maine guide who has since fixed her up and kept her on the water. Fly fishing the flats around Monomoy was great in that little boat.

My current rig is a 20' Action Craft flats boat equiped with plenty of dry storage, a comfortable bench seat, a cooler for storing lunch and drinks, and lots of rod storage and a Suzuki 140hp 4-stroke on the back. Set up specifically for fly fishing and lite tackle anglers, she can take pretty much anything I dish out fishing Cape Cod waters. Drawing a little less than a foot, I can creep in to the little backwaters and flats of Cape Cod I love to fish and know no one else knows about. At 8' wide she is extremely comfortable and stable in the bigger water.

When to Fish Cape Cod with Capt. Will Raye and what to expect...
Fishing mostly for stripers and bluefish through the early part of the summer on Cape Cod, it is always fun to start looking for tuna, bonito and albies as the water gets warmer and those species move in. I have also been known to do some jigging for cod when we want to mix it up a little. Catching fish using topwater techniques is something I specialize in. If there is any possibility of catching fish on the surface we'll do it. Take a look at the photo album.
You can catch stripers and blues all summer on fly fishing the flats, but the best time is May thru July. The tuna start showing up in July, bonito in August and albies in September. Book a trip with Captain Will. The 2007 Albie season was one of the best. I would highly recommend checking out this fishery!

Flats fishing is my passion. If I can get up in shallow water and throw at fish with spin or fly Wading Monomoy Flats, Cape Cod Stripers rods, I will. There is very little that compares to watching a fish eat in crystal clear, skinny water. I also take my anglers wading quite a bit. Fish often eat right at our feet! For a stealthy approach it is the only way to go on the Monomoy and Brewster.

The weather is unpredictable and it is best to dress in layers throughout the season. Bring packable rain gear on every trip when you fish Cape Cod with Capain Will! A great site for weather specifically on Cape Cod is CapeCodWeather.net.

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