Our arrival signaled the capstone of our month long sojourn in the Caribbean. As the ferry workers unloaded our pontoons onto the dock, we patiently awaited the arrival of our wheels with our eyes affixed towards the flats. We were pumped to say the least, our minds warped by heightened expectations and two long weeks of very slow fishing and […]
Pure Bliss
A Week on a Beach
As the rising sun flooded the volcanic hillsides, we piled our gear on the dock to await our ferry. In a few short hours, we’d be wet-wading, in the moment, for the next 8 days. For the previous two weeks we shared the waters with a group of friends. But now they had departed back to their homes across the […]
New Gear, Preview of Fall, and a Few Trips South
I picked up a sweet new 8wt rod a few weeks ago and decided it was time to get a coating of slime and mud on it. This thing is light… On the road early to fish far, unknown waters… Jason and I found a good topwater bite early… Fishing the edges spartina grass… These rascals were all over the […]
Counting Sheeps(head)
Well to sum it up. I put 3 absolute perfect shots on 3 fish with three dif flies and they all got ignored. Found out the sheeps were eating muscles after spooking one off and looking at what he left behind. They were everywhere! We seen over 30 fish some nice sized. My buddy went with me, his first time […]
I’m On A Boat
Early morning and it is pitch black outside as we load up the SUV with all our gear and food for a week long excursion. We drive down deserted roadways still wet from a weeks worth of rain dodging stray dogs, cats, and chickens. Arriving at the harbor we lay eyes on our home for the next five days, a […]
Meeting Up
Third night of the trip and we are sitting around at night tying another round of tarpon flies. They are our easiest quarry (not easy) and after three days our supply of flies that actually work have been destroyed in the steel like jaws of our adversaries. We are waiting to meet up with several of our colleagues from the […]
Fresh Off The Plane
I always find it interesting to begin your day in one part of the world and end your day in some other part. Arriving at the destination, I usually find myself shaking my head in disbelief and asking myself, “what the hell am I doing here?” These trips almost always revolve around fly fishing and it is our vehicle of […]
Short Film – El Hueso
El Hueso from chase hancock on Vimeo.
Bone on a Big Boat
Well to make up for a week in Andros, me and my buddy Kyle took our girls on a cruise to the Bahamas. Even though it was a trip for them we did manage to slip away for half a day bonefishing in Nassau 😀 I was a bit skeptical at first but the first flat (and only flat) we […]
Andros is where the heart is…
Wow…I really don’t know where to start this. Got back from Andros this past Sat night after a week of 12 hour days full of fishing. I think the best way is to go day by day. Click on any picture to make it larger. Monday – Welcome to Andros Left Jax at 9:30 at 6 pm I was in […]