If I were to guess, Norman is probably in his mid-thirties. It’s hard to tell though, as most guides on the island are in pretty g’damn good shape. When he’s not hunting Walter on the Westside, he owns and operates a nightclub just south of Congotown.

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Norman picking out a fly. Photo - Shadow River Media, Cameron Miller

Photo – Shadow River Media, Cameron Miller

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I wonder if they sent armies of old guys out to the flats where no bonefish were counted to ask why they had not returned their census… might have something to do with the higher numbers.

As I write this the Gulf Coast is bracing for that oil slick to hit.  Makes me a bit sick to the stomach to think what it will do to some really beautiful country I have never had a chance to fish.  Let’s shed a tear and raise a glass to the Gulf Coast and find a way to help.

• The Vieques Angler points out the parallels to Belize.
• Headhunter’s blog gives more love to the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust interview from Fishing Jones.
• An AWESOME story from Moldy Chum about a first bonefish.
• A Bad Backcast looks forward to some kayak tarpon action.

In other news, my interviews for the coming weeks are Bill Marts from The Fly Shop and…. Yvon Chouinard from Patagonia.  I do one a week, so Bill in next week and Yvon will follow.

When I was in Grand Bahama in January it was clear business was way, way off.  Folks looked surprised to  have a yank walk in mid-week.  The guide I booked for one day didn’t have another booking for a month.

I saw Moldy Chum call out the numbers… the business of bonefish has been hit 30%-50% over the past two years.

That guide that’s been hard to book might be a little easier to book.

Give Captain Perry a call.  He’s fantastic.

Captain Perry

• Food for thought from Skate the Fly. (Where will they fish in 2050?)
• Tailing Bonefish from Deneki Outdoors.
• Some goodness spotted by Moldy Chum.
• A Bad Backcast is getting a kayak for the salt.

You can read the whole story here from The Tribune.

It seems like over-development is a real emerging issue all throughout the Caribbean.  I would have thought that this little economic blip we are coming out of would have stopped a few thousand bulldozers and chain saws, but it continues.  I’ve read stories about development threatening Bimini and fears about development in Belize.

This makes me grumpy.

Honestly... how do I not have one of these?

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Simply a beautiful bonefish piece of art

Stanley Meltzoff (1917-2006) won’t be painting any more big game fish in their natural environments, but while he was alive he did a lot of it, and his work can still grace your walls if you head over to Silverfish Press.