Long Island Bonefishing – Guest Blog
Well, this is timely. Just received this great picture and short story from subscriber Craig Dumesnil about his “first cast” while on a DIY trip to Long Island, Bahamas. Timely because I will be at...
View ArticleThe Dry Fly Presentation For Bonefish
I don’t mean this literally, but “The Dry Fly Presentation For Bonefish” is how I describe a particular presentation I make to “picky” tailing bonefish in shallow water. As you all know, I love to...
View ArticleTurks & Caicos Bonefish Honeymoon
For starters, if you say to your fiance “Honey, I would like to go bonefishing on our honeymoon” that is a pretty good clue as to how the relationship is going to unfold over the next forty years. I...
View ArticleNorth Andros Bonefishing – Eva’s Bonefish Lodge
I love fishing on North Andros and will be heading back again the first week of December. It’s famous (rightfully so) for it’s large and plentiful bonefish and fisherman are treated to the ultimate...
View ArticleBonefishing Season Is About To Begin
I’m tying fies, constructing leaders and generally getting my gear ready for the upcoming bonefishing season. Here is a link to a video on my YouTube Channel that may help you get in the “mood”. The...
View ArticleWhy I DIY ????
I know most people think I only DIY for bonefish, but that isn’t true. In fact this upcoming trip I am staying in three lodges. First the Long Island Bonefishing Lodge, next a new lodge on Great...
View ArticleBonefish On Bonaire 2014
Just finished putting together a video on our trip to Bonaire that we took last January. Watching the footage, reminded me of just how windy it is there. Fisherman complain to me everyday about how...
View ArticleFirst Stop – Long Island, Bahamas
With another bonefishing season upon us I’m scrambling around the house, making sure I have everything ready for the upcoming trip. The fly tying station is a disaster, with hair, beads, hooks and...
View ArticleGeez I’m getting old….Bonefishing After 60
Man, I remember when I used to be able to walk miles on end through the worst muck and mangrove swamps you can imagine and think nothing of it. A cold beer at the end of the day was all I needed to be...
View ArticleLong Island Bonefishing Lodge Sweepstakes Week
What a great week this is going to be thanks to Nevin (Pinky) Knowles of the Long Island Bonefishing Lodge who generously donated a week of fishing as the Grand Prize for the Do It Yourself Bonefishing...
View ArticleThings Are Heating Up On Long Island
“Rise and Shine, time to go fishing” (if only you could pick your roommates). But he was right, 6:00 a.m. and it was time to hit the shower and get the show on the road. And what was waiting for us...
View ArticleLong Island Bonefishing – Assisted DIY Bonefishing
Long Island Bonefishing Lodge prides itself on being one of the few lodges in the Bahamas that offers “Assisted” DIY bonefishing. The day starts with a hearty breakfast at the lodge, then everyone is...
View ArticleBonefishing – Sometimes It Just Goes That Way
I’ve been on both ends of a bonefish day. They are all good but some days are just a little better than others. Today was one of the really good ones. Trip winner, Noel Villard got to experience what...
View ArticleDIY Bonefishing On North Andros
Back home after a wonderful three weeks in the Bahamas , culminating in a week on North Andros. (I can just now see the top of my computer as I wade my way through weeks of mail. Where does all this...
View ArticleFishing The Outback of Great Inagua
At heart I’m an explorer and adventure seeker. Catching one more bonefish is just not where I am at any more. Doing something different, going somewhere unique, finding new waters, that’s what gets...
View ArticleBonefishing On Great Inagua
I’ve been to Great Inagua twice. Once the fishing was outstanding, in the category of “as good as it gets.” The second time, there were days we struggled. But even that trip a couple of us had 15 – 20...
View ArticleThe Simm’s Sling Pack
I seldom do equipment reviews and I have never done one for a piece of equipment I have not paid for. When I do a review, I don’t want to be influenced, subtle or not. For the last six or seven years...
View ArticleDIY Bonefishing – All About The Short Game
Whether you are wading in eighteen inches of water, weaving through the mangroves or doing the Flamingo Slide over a mucky flat, there is no such thing as a seventy-foot cast. For DIY fisherman, it‘s...
View ArticleGreat Inagua Video
As I wrote about previously, three of my buddies and I had a great time fishing on Great Inagua while staying with Henry Hugh’s at the Great Inagua Outback Lodge. The holidays got in the way but I have...
View ArticleHalf Moon Cay – Bahamas Bonefishing
Thanks to Justin Ehle for writing a Guest Blog on his recent trip to Half Moon Cay, Bahamas. For those of you who do not know, Half Moon Cay was formerly known as Little San Salvador prior to being...
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