Biography of Captain Jake Jordan
Captain Jake Jordan; has spent over half of a century traveling the world in search of large game fish on light tackle and fly. He is an excellent educator and communicator, who loves to excite anglers with stories regarding his many spectacular fishing adventures.
Jordan is a world-famous Florida Keys tarpon guide and world-renowned big game fly angler. He was the founder and host of "The Bonefish School", a saltwater fly-fishing school held several times a year at the Peace & Plenty Bonefish Lodge in the Bahamas during 1972 through 2012.
Captain Jake is a consultant to several first-rate fly-fishing lodges throughout the world along with a boat manufacturer and several world class fly tackle companies. He designs customized fly-fishing vacation packages and fly-fishing schools, for anglers throughout the world.
The retired CEO of STH Reels USA, and the founder of the "World Class Angler" (an early Florida Keys fly shop), located in Marathon, Florida, Jordan is a well-known speaker, author, and consultant to the boating, fishing, and fly-fishing industries. Jake has authored and or been featured in dozens of articles in most major sport fishing magazines. He is considered an expert in all areas of big game sport fishing and fly fishing. Captain Jordan has also appeared in many fishing related television productions. He is an FFF certified fly-casting instructor, an original member of the FFF advisory committee, a life member of IGFA, and a charter member of the "I.G.F.A. Certified Captains" organization.
Jake Jordan's Fishing Adventures, Jordan's company, for more than five decades has operated several charter boats out of Marathon in the Florida Keys and other locations. At 79 years of age, Captain Jake continues actively guiding fly anglers in search of Tarpon during April, and May, in the Keys. Jake currently operates fly fishing charters during October and November aboard his Jones Brothers cape fisherman vessel "Fly Reel" near his retirement home in coastal North Carolina.
Jake also owns and operates "The Sailfish School" a fly-fishing school designed to teach anglers how to catch Billfish on a fly rod. The Sailfish School is held at "The Casa Vieja Lodge" in Puerto San Jose, Guatemala. Jordan often brags that during the last 28 years of operation, his “Sailfish School” has never had a student at his Sailfish School in Guatemala who did not catch a Sailfish on a fly! Jake and three of his students released 30 or more sailfish on fly several times, in one day, and as many as 76 in one three-day session of The Sailfish School. During his lifetime, Jordan has caught more than 2,400 Billfish on fly, including over 2100 sailfish and more than 300 marlin on fly.
Jordan's "Marlin Schools" (Fly Fishing for Marlin) are held in many locations throughout the world each year including, The Galapagos Islands, Australia, Hawaii, Panama, Mexico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, along with many other exotic locations. During the last 6 seasons Jordan’s “Costa Rica Blue Marlin Fly-Fishing Schools”, in Los Suenos CR have proved to be very successful with 96 percent of his clients catching between 1 and as many as 17 at each school. As of today, Jake Jordan has caught and released 88 Pacific Blue Marlin along with 7 Atlantic Blue Marlin on fly!
Captain Jake appears as a speaker at many fly fishing shows, boat shows, and fishing clubs every year. He has excellent PowerPoint and Video presentations about: Catching Billfish on fly, Fly fishing coastal North Carolina, Fly fishing for Trout in the US, Argentina, Chile, and Alaska, Atlantic salmon fly fishing in Russia, and Pacific Salmon in Alaska. His specialty is Tarpon, Permit, Bonefish, and other Game fish Species of the Florida Keys. Jordan's Billfish presentations are World Class. The favorite and most popular presentation during the last several years is: History, of development and advancement of tackle, techniques, rigging, along with seasons, locations, captains, crews, boats, for catching all nine species of Billfish, using IGFA rules, and 20 pound or lighter class tippet on fly. Captain Jordan specializes in coaching Big Game Fly Anglers in catching the very rare IGFA Royal Billfish Slam on Fly.
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