I watched the “Grand Slam” episode of Buccaneers and Bones last night. It was great to see the show back for another season and it was great to see the familiar cast of characters at El Pescador in Belize.
I’ve been to EP twice, once in 2010 with my friend Shane and in 2012 with my wife for our honeymoon. What can I say? I love that place.
Honeymooners
The show itself was fun to watch. Yvon Chouinard gets a grand slam, but gets the finish (the bonefish) out of a mud, something he says he was not very proud of. His permit was a thing of beauty, caught after three casts and complete with the spool falling off his reel. Pretty classic awesomeness.
My El Pescador Grand Slam permit. Not a big permit, but a permit.
El Pescador continues to be the best place to get a Grand Slam of any place I’ve heard of. That’s where I got mine, featuring my first ever tarpon and first ever permit. Hard to beat.
There aren’t a lot of options when it comes to flyfishing shows, so it is especially nice to have a show like Buccaneers and Bones featuring people I respect in places I hold dear.
The show is intended to raise awareness of conservation issues and supports the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, which I am very much in favor of.
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Yvonne wasn’t too proud of his honey hole blind casted 12″ bone! LOL. great show. I’m waiting for Huey Lewis to bust out into song!
Ha… no, no he wasn’t really happy with that. Unfortunate, as I’m sure he could have found a bone on the flats.
Thanks Chris. Took me a while to understand what that meant, but I agree… I married up.