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 […]
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 […]
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 […]