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Fishizzle, I use worms but I'm looking to upgrade!
I just got back this week from a great 1 week trip to South Andros for my first bonefishing trip and have to say it was one of the best fishing trips I've ever gone on. I had never gone on an organized trip before where you buy in for the week and meetup with a a bunch of people you've never fished with, and that made the trip a lot of fun from the start. Joe D and Coz set up a nice trip with great staff, a good group of guys who all had fun bsing, and all who were pretty hardcore fisherman and great drinking parnters as well. We each had our night of glory that led to some weirdness the next day.
Fishing wise, bonefishing was all that I thought it would be. The visual component of spotting a fish on the flat from 80-100 feet out and putting a cast on the money to get him after blowing a few good shots is as good a feeling as any the sport of flyfishing can provide, and the scenery was absolutely insane. The flats down there literally stretched out for 10-20 miles and each cove had different bottom structure that presented various challenges from spotting the fish on a rocky bottom, to having to land the fly super soft on the water because the flat was only a foot deep and the sun was beaming down on the fish. When you do hookup, the fight is insane. Every fish whether it be a 3lb fish or an 8lb fish rips off line and you're into your backing at least once and typically twice. There were also so nice sized barracudas hanging around which made for some excitement and 1 huge attack on my fly that made up for my toughest day out there.
Overall, if you've considered going on a bonefish trip ,but haven't you really should. Its not overly techincal, the fish are strong and numerous, and the weather is great which makes the trip worth it on its own during a cold winter and cabin fever. The guys were as good of hosts as advertised and the trip was as much fun during the evenings shooting the shit as it was during the day on the water.
A few pics are attached below
This was our guide Prince, who had great eyes and was a nice guy that knew how to teach without yelling as I'd heard many flats guides tend to do.
Fishing wise, bonefishing was all that I thought it would be. The visual component of spotting a fish on the flat from 80-100 feet out and putting a cast on the money to get him after blowing a few good shots is as good a feeling as any the sport of flyfishing can provide, and the scenery was absolutely insane. The flats down there literally stretched out for 10-20 miles and each cove had different bottom structure that presented various challenges from spotting the fish on a rocky bottom, to having to land the fly super soft on the water because the flat was only a foot deep and the sun was beaming down on the fish. When you do hookup, the fight is insane. Every fish whether it be a 3lb fish or an 8lb fish rips off line and you're into your backing at least once and typically twice. There were also so nice sized barracudas hanging around which made for some excitement and 1 huge attack on my fly that made up for my toughest day out there.
Overall, if you've considered going on a bonefish trip ,but haven't you really should. Its not overly techincal, the fish are strong and numerous, and the weather is great which makes the trip worth it on its own during a cold winter and cabin fever. The guys were as good of hosts as advertised and the trip was as much fun during the evenings shooting the shit as it was during the day on the water.
A few pics are attached below
This was our guide Prince, who had great eyes and was a nice guy that knew how to teach without yelling as I'd heard many flats guides tend to do.
