Congratulations to Thomas & Thomas Ambassadors Capt. Justin Rea and Jose Briceno for winning the famous Del Brown Permit Tournament as Grand Champions!
They used the T&T Sextant and the Exocett 88 in this competition. Both are rods I have been recommending since they came out, and we have tons of happy T&T customers who say the same!
Below is a repost of the full Thomas & Thomas statement about this latest news:
"Fly fishing for permit is one of the hardest, most challenging mentally and physically, fishing you can do with a fly rod".
T&T Ambassadors Capt. Justin Rea and Jose Briceno brought their skills and experience together to take home another Grand Champion win in the Del Brown Tournament.
The Del Brown Tournament isn't a new experience for Justin or Jose. This year marks over 20 years of competing in the tournament for Justin. Over the years he has accomplished 5 Grand Champion wins, 3 of which with Jose as his partner. This also marks the most 1st place finishes by a guide in tournament history - and he's also taken home two 2nd place finishes, a third place finish and won the Largest Fish three times - he's no stranger to finding these fish and putting numbers up on the board.
Catching big permit together is one of the things Capt Justin and Jose do well together - in addition to their Del Brown wins, they've also competed in the March Merkin. Justin has 6 overall wins with the March Merkin, along with second place finishes.
