Archive for May, 2010

Bonefish Perspectives

Posted on May 23rd, 2010

SECOND PERSON You come on the scene three days into it, and walk into the Slack Tide at Andros South and immediately someone drops a line at your expense. Ball busting travels. Then you wake up in the morning and you’re on the flats, stepping quietly, and trying to figure out how the hell the guide walking next to you is looking at the same water but seeing entirely different things. Your line is floating behind you and you’re creeping forward hoping you get it done. The guide stops and points and you don’t see anything but you lay down the line and strip, and you feel the tension as the line starts clearing but it catches on the reel handle and that’s it.…

This One's For Bjorn

Posted on May 19th, 2010

If there’s any blogger that should be a part of FIB Fest, it’s the guy who names his blog Bonefish on the Brain. Bjorn couldn’t join the crew because real life got in the way, but last week he tied a handful of flies and sent them my way. The idea being that if he couldn’t be here, at least his flies could help a brother out. Caught all my fish today on flies from Bjorn’s vise, with Michael Gracie as witness.

This One’s For Bjorn

Posted on May 19th, 2010

If there’s any blogger that should be a part of FIB Fest, it’s the guy who names his blog Bonefish on the Brain. Bjorn couldn’t join the crew because real life got in the way, but last week he tied a handful of flies and sent them my way. The idea being that if he couldn’t be here, at least his flies could help a brother out. Caught all my fish today on flies from Bjorn’s vise, with Michael Gracie as witness.

But First, Pike

Posted on May 12th, 2010

The North Country beckons. The big nasties are aligned in the fly box, ready to endure any sharp-toothed ambush tactics in the shallows. ZB touches down at Idlewild and we take to the interstate highway system. Boats will be launched, lines in the water, by the PM. This is the 12th Annual, attended by family and friends who roll from way back in the 20th Century. This is a good deal. We got smallmouth, too.

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