Cory Craig

Nickname:

 WCA, as in World Class Angler, and no he didn’t give himself that title

Hometown:

 Port Jimenez, Costa Rica

General Background:

 Cory was born in Bermuda and started fishing the salt with his dad when he was three. Fishing has always been Cory’s life, but he has worked as a landscaper, a carpenter and earned a degree in Engineering Design and Mechanical Drafting.

Guiding Experience:

 16 years, all at Scott Lake Lodge

Favorite Area at Scott:

 Orkney, a big bay in the south end of Scott Lake.

Favorite Flyout:

 Cory refuses to pick a fly out favorite: “I like them all.”

Favorite Shore Lunch:

 Baked Pike in Ranch Hot Sauce

Favorite Lure:

 Gold Vibrax #6 with black bucktail

Favorite Fly:

 Black Maribou Whistler

Career Highlight:

 Watching a 500lb marlin crash the bait and shake its head out of the water. (Cory guides in Costa Rica.)

Personal Interests:

 Fishing, fishing and fishing as well as taking hundreds of pictures of son Tosh. Cory is busy off season with his new company, Tropic Fins Adventures, a salt water fishing service. Find him at http://www.tropicfins.com/

Next Season’s Goal:

 Having one of his anglers set the camp record for lake trout

Most Memorable Customer Question/Comment:

 “Are you an Eskimo?”