From Joaquin, with a nice Hawaii bonefish caught on a flat along Oahu’s south shore.
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Oct 11
School getting more awesome in Aitutaki
Get this… they are going to introduce bonefish into the schools on Aitutaki. That is cool.
The Education Minister, Teina Bishop, says the ministry is looking to introduce bonefishing into the curriculum of Aitutaki schools, and pearl farming for Penrhyn students to factor in education skills specific to each island in the country.
He says the ministry is focused on both academic study and, what he calls, education for life.
Well… that sounds pretty awesome. Kind of like “Trout in the Classroom” when you don’t have trout.
- Butch with a nice Aitutaki Bonefish
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Oct 11
I’m going back.
I talked about wanting to go back there, to where it all started. The place I saw my first bonefish is a special place to me for many reasons and to go back there, it feels like bringing things full circle.
I’m going.
December 1-5.
It will rain, maybe even a lot. I’m hoping not, but I’m going to go anyway. I’m going to go and camp. I’m going to get up in the morning and walk out on the flat and I’m going to look for bonefish and when the tide goes out I’m going to try and find trevally and when it comes back in I’m going to look for bonefish. I’m not going to see anything else, I don’t want to go anywhere else. I’m just going to fish and eat and sleep and fish.
I cannot wait.
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Oct 11
The Deal with Los Roques and Nationalization
Douchebag-in-Chief, Hugo, is nationalizing some property in Los Roques (saw this on Buster Wants to Fish).
Of course, that made me (and lots of other folks) wonder “What’s this mean for the lodges and bonefishing?”
I reached out to Jim Klug of Yellow Dog Fly Fishing to see what he was hearing from his partner down at Sightcast. This is what he heard back:
We read this article and a couple of similar ones. This is not the first
time case a similar is in the media but this time the news was all around
the world.We do not see any issue with our operation or Los Roques regular tourism.
Chavez said that he will expropriate some 9 houses that are located at
Madrisky (the nearest beach of Gran Roque) and a couple of houses at the
end of the air strip. The first ones since the goverment says that they
were built without authorization and that the place is a private island
which is not legally possible and the ones at end of airport for security
reasons. Besides this, the National Park is looking to revoke 3 or 4
concessions of lodges that were transferred to third parties some years
ago without authorization. These cases have been discussed during the
last 3 or 4 years but seems that now is when the government is taking an
action.Most of the lodges, fishing operations, scuba diving, etc. that need
authorization and are legally in place (as Sight Cast, for example), will
not have any problems so we think that these current actions will not have
an effect at all in terms of regular tourism.It is a lot about politics and also, seems that this specific article
strenght thing that fears investors, etc. a lot of media without complete
information.During the last 12 years, we have dealt with similar issues and some
people understand that there is a lot of politics but will not affect
their fishing or vacation. We will inform you if any development that
affect us happens but we think this will not happen.
There… that’s from the horse’s mouth. So, go ahead and plan your Los Roques trip and don’t worry about the one you had on the books.
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Oct 11
Bruce Chard + Fly Fisherman + Blog
Hey… here’s something you might not know… Bruce Chard has been given the reigns over at the Fly Fisherman website of a saltwater blog.
Lots of good content showing up there. Check it out.
Lots of good advice and technical information to be found there.
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Oct 11
Pine Island Angler says goodbye to BT2 and “hello” to BT3
From the Pine Island Angler blog.
Please don’t be mad at me for hooking up and moving on with your younger sister. I know she’s not as skinny as you, but just look at her curves. She’s so damn hot! I just can’t help myself.
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Oct 11
Norman – Andros South
Another photo and story from Louis Cahill.
I fished with Norman at FIBFest, earlier this year. I was a bit intimidated by him before getting on the boat. I had heard he was tough.
He wasn’t. Really, he was solid.
Here’s a picture that photog extraordinaire Louis Cahill took. Go to his blog to read the details.
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Oct 11
So… Christmas Island looks kind of super awesome…
Yeah… I wouldn’t mind going here at some point. Ya know. Just for giggles.
Fantastic looking teaser for the video. I’ll be on the look-out for this.
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Oct 11
Congrats – a first bonefish
A special day for Matt, who I don’t know at all. A first bonefish.
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Glad to see him sporting the Skinny Water Culture, as well!
The guide is Captain Jeffrey Pinder.
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Oct 11
Andros
I was only there a week, but it feels very much like a part of my soul.
Deneki put up some pictures and I love every single one.
