A truly great guide is a combination of things. A friend. A coach. An ally. A steward of the resource. And, of course, the person that knows where the fish are. Checking all these boxes made Paul Dixon one of the top guides in fly fishing. He spent a lifetime figuring out not only where the fish are, but how best to share them with others. He has been recognized for his efforts with The Izaak Walton Award, and the Bonefish Tarpon Trust Lefty Kreh award among others. He went his own way towards the point of Montauk. And that's where we find him today - in his fishing man cave, a few miles down the road from Montauk - having a chat in between fishing seasons for him (Florida and New York). Paul (seen in HowardFilms Running the Coast) found the Stripers in a skiff before the internet. We discuss the early days in Montauk and the shared footage that caused such a stir the fire marshall told Paul Dixon and Bob Popovics (the cameraman) to stop their presentation because of the number of people eagerly blocking the hallway at a flyfishing show to get a look. And so it began..
(Sequel episode on guiding in later life, the high living years, and the decisions to ensure the resource's future, as well as his own.)
PAUL'S BIO:
Paul Dixon, a native of Newport Beach, CA.
In the mid ’80s, Paul moved to the East Coast, and began fishing for striped bass and blue fish in the waters off of Long Island. He ran the fly fishing department of Orvis New York for five years, and with Randy Carlson, began one of the first Orvis salt water fly fishing schools. In 1994, Paul opened Dixon’s Sporting Life in East Hampton, while developing To the Point Charters. Paul has been featured on: ESPN’s fishing shows Guidehouse Montauk,The Walker’s Cay Chronicles and Spanish Fly as well as numerous articles and magazines, including Fly Fisherman.
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