Last Chance for Romance

Today is your last chance to register and fill out your brackets for Cheeky March Madness: Road to the Final Fish ... registration closes at 7:00 pm EST. Entry into this unique tournament pick-em challenge is only $5, and as always, 100% of the proceeds benefit Casting for Recovery and Bonefish & Tarpon Trust.

This year's prize pool is bigger than ever! At least the top 20 brackets will receive prizes ranging from a Cheeky Mojo 425 to Costa Sunglasses to a new Sage Accel Rod.

Road To The Final Fish

It's that time of year again! Cheeky March Madness: Road to the Final Fish is back! Since 2011, Cheeky Fly Fishing has hosted this unique tournament to benefit Casting for Recovery and the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust.

64 species will battle for the title, but only one will be crowned champion based on your votes. The most accurate brackets will be in the running for thousands of dollars worth of prizes from fly fishing's top brands.

Bracket registration is now open. 

Got that March Madness fever?

Sixty-four fish have been matched up in a bracket, but only one will be crowned champion! 

Since 2011, Cheeky Fly Fishing has hosted the ultimate tournament of sport fish to benefit Casting for Recovery and the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust. 

Submit your bracket along with a $5 donation and vote on the web for the fish you would like to target the most in each respective matchup. Just as in March Madness, the fish that wins each matchup advances to the next round. The participants with the most accurate brackets will receive awesome fly fishing prizes, including fly rods and reels, bags, flies, artwork, apparel, sunglasses, fishing gear (and, of course, bragging rights).

Click here for more information and to enter a bracket.

Road to the Final Fish - Cheeky March Madness is Back

Forget the lame NCAA tournament office pool and head over to Cheeky Fly Fishing and sign up for their second annual March Madness Fly Fishing Tournament.

Thirty-two fish have been seeded in a bracket, but only one will be crowned champion based on your votes. Fill out brackets by selecting which fish you prefer in each matchup. Pick the winners and receive great prizes (over $5,000 worth) from Cheeky Fly Fishing, Thomas & Thomas, Howler Brothers, Kast Gear, Sarah Lauridsen Art, Montana Fly Company, Patagonia, Maui Jim, Fishpond, The Fly Shop, Jim Teeny, Mud Dog Saltwater Flies, Free Fly Apparel, Nomad Fly Fishing, Vedavoo and The Fiberglass Manifesto.

Bracket entry is $5 and 100% of the proceeds are donated to Casting for Recovery, Stripers Forever and the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust.  Last year, the tournament raised nearly $1,000 to benefit these causes and this year they hope to quadruple participation.

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Of course if you're not a hoops fan you can always play fly fishing baseball.

The Road to the Final Fish is Paved with Rainbows

The rainbow trout beat the bonefish to be crowned champion in Cheeky Fly Fishing's version of March Madness. 4,000 votes were cast, over a thousand dollars was raised for worthy causes, and over 50+% of the voters have never angled for bonefish.

See the final bracket results.

CHEEKY MARCH MADNESS UPDATE - VOTE FOR STEELHEAD!

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The latest from The Road to the Final Fish.

Thank you for helping to promote Cheeky March Madness. We’re excited to have raised almost $1,000 that will be donated to the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, Casting for Recovery and Stripers Forever.  We appreciate you and your readers helping to support these great causes, below is a recap of the tournament thus far.
 
3,088 votes have been cast, and after two rounds and a week and a half of Cheeky March Madness, we find ourselves entering the Elite Eight with a strong group of usual suspects still in contention.
 
While the top seeds handled their first round matchups with ease, we saw a handful of nail biters that came down to the wire.  Round one included a spectacular upset by the sixth seeded Albies (51%) over Giant Trevally (49%) and a tight battle in which Peacock Bass (51%) took down Cutthroat Tout (49%) by only a handful of votes.  In another tightly contested matchup, the fourth seeded Largemouth Bass (54%) prevailed over the number five seeded Landlocked Salmon (46%) in a victory for warm water species around the world.
 
The Sweet Sixteen pitted a lineup of the top gamefish against one another in matchups that should have been tight.  Unexpectedly, the voting results left Striped Bass, Sea-Run Browns, Peacock Bass and Marlin (who fell to Tarpon, Rainbow Trout, Steelhead, and Bonefish respectively) heading home in the aftermath of double-digit losses. In an epic clash between two of salt water’s top fish, Permit remained unbeaten by taking 61% of the vote against Redfish.
 
The excitement builds as we enter the Elite Eight.  With the leaderboard tight  and matchups as unpredictable as the flip of a coin, anyone with fish still in the tournament has a chance at the Championship.

Elite Eight Matchups include:
 
Tarpon vs. Roosterfish
Atlantic Salmon vs. Rainbow Trout
Steelhead vs. Brown Trout
Permit vs. Bonefish

Cast your vote!

Right now the brown trout is beating the steelhead, ARE YOU SERIOUS?! Come on steelheaders! Are you going to let an invasive trout species from Germany beat out pure wild chrome? Bad enough the rainbow trout has  beat out the Atlantic salmon in the eastern bracket where it now faces the tarpon for a trip to the finals. Go poons!