I know I’m looking forward to seeing this… Waypoints, the next video from Jim Klug and Confluence Films.
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This film included footage from St. Brandon’s… yeah… that’s my dream.
Locations
03
Oct 13
This is what you need to do for the next hour… Seychelles.
Thanks Nate for pointing this out to me. This is just a great flick about fishing in the Seychelles. I would very much like to go there. The full video is available. It’s an hour and it is worth it.
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02
Oct 13
Why another Grand Slam? Because Merica.
Remember when Derek got a Grand Slam just a couple weeks back? Well, another of the Skinny Water Culture ambassadors did it just a few days ago. This time, it was on a SUP. Chris documented his FL Grand Slam on the Skinny Water Culture blog.
Kiss the girl.
A couple years ago I was in the Miami airport on my way somewhere fishy and I posted that on the blog’s facebook page. I got a message saying “You in MIA? Me too. Where are you?” It was from Chris and so he and I met in the concourse of MIA and talked bonefish for a bit before one of us had to head off somewhere else. It was great to see him get hooked up with the SWC folks and to really come to embrace and rock his new Florida home (he’s originally from Texas).
So, congrats Chris, on your SUP Grand Slam. That’s just awesome.
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Sep 13
That’s some clear water
Nice looking place with some clear, clear water. Guanaja, Honduras.
27
Sep 13
The Romantic View
I’m pretty content with my life. I’m happily married (took a second go to get that right) and I have a wonderful daughter and a boy on the way. Life is good.
However, in my “parallel life” daydreams I’m pretty much taking a mail boat around the Bahamas living a frugal, sun drenched and bonefishful existence.
It sounds kind of fun.
I had vacationed in the islands several times before, usually cooped up in a resort with every amenity a guest could dream up, and I’d long wanted to get beyond the more touristed areas. Mail boats have been the primary means of interisland travel for locals for more than a century and seemed the perfect way to do it. There are no tour guides or lido deck, and the nighttime entertainment consists largely of gazing at a starry sky over the drone of a diesel engine. But for a shockingly cheap ticket (from $45), passengers can get a meal, a bed and one thing that eludes even the most dogged Caribbean traveler: immersion in authentic Bahamian culture.
New York Times – Sara Mayti
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Sep 13
Ragged
I’m thinking about Ragged.
Ragged Island sits about half-way between Long Island and Cuba, to give you an idea of where it is. There aren’t a lot of people on Ragged. The 2000 census put the number of residents at just 72. That’s 72 people on the whole Ragged Island chain (one of the islands is called “Double Breasted Cay”).
There are no regular flights.
Think those fish get much pressure? I’m thinking not.
There are two Beaver Tail Skiffs and an off-shore boat sitting there, waiting for a trip to get put together.
Doesn’t this sound like a kind of awesome trip?
A cuda from Ragged Island
February sounds like a good time. Who is up for it?
24
Sep 13
SWC goodness – the Labor Day Post
While I was catching as many little trout as I could stand up in MT, some of the Skinny Water Culture crew were hitting the Keys. There’s a fun post about it over on their blog.
I have that sticker on my tarpon box. Nice fly too.
21
Sep 13
On trips to come
I am happiest when I have a trip ahead of me. Right now, I may actually have a few trips coming down the line. The next trip will be to Florida, a hosted trip, and you can come.
There may very well be others in 2014… Mexico, the Bahamas, maybe a few other places too. It is a lot to look forward to and that seems to put gas in my tank.
There is always something to learn or think about before your trip. For me, I usually tie a lot of flies before a trip, but I also need to tie up leaders, arrange any demo gear, and generally go over my stuff to make sure everything is in working order.
I don’t have a check list. Maybe I should, but I don’t. Every trip seems to have its own manifest depending on what the fishing is going to be. Wading trips are different from boat trips. Trips with shots at multiple species are different animals than straight bonefishing or straight trout trips.
I’m looking forward to the coming year and look forward to sharing the details and experiences with you fine people.
Can’t wait.
14
Sep 13
Top 5 reasons I want to return to the Keys
Yes, I’m headed back to the Keys (and you can come too). Here are my reasons…
- Simply, it is beautiful down there. I mean… come on…
Purdy.
- It is the closest bit of tropics fishing you are going to get. Sure, you can get tarpon in Texas and there are bonefish in San Diego Bay, but the Keys are where the tropics start in my book.
- It’s a good time to be there. The tarpon madness has passed, the kids are back in school and it isn’t lobster season. If you live in the Keys, this is likely one of your favorite times to be there.
- Days on flats boats are days well spent. I have yet to have a bad day on a flats boat. I’ve had difficult fishing and I’ve even been skunked, but I haven’t had a bad day.
Happy Place
- The Keys are demanding and you need to put your time in to get rewarded. I am looking to do just that.
