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May 04 2010

Deneki FIBFest

Typical view of a FIBFest participant.  Photo: Louis Cahill
Typical view of a FIBFest participant. Photo: Louis Cahill

It’s May 15 – 22 on South Andros Island.

It’s an unholy matrimony of bonefish and blogs, fins and Facebook, tails and Twitter.

It’s Deneki FIBFest!

Huh?

It’s pretty simple actually – we think there are some folks writing really high-quality stuff online about fly fishing these days, and we wanted to get a few of them together for a week at Andros South to hang out, see our program and have some good times while commiserating about blogs and stuff.  The FIB in FIBFest stands for Fishing Industry Bloggers.  Got it?

So from May 15th to the 22nd, a small group of us will spend the week bonefishing, and you’ll get to read all about it online, both during and after the trip.  You’ll see blog posts, Facebook updates, and yes, we’re even going to give you the blow-by-blow on Twitter.

The Lineup

Here’s the lineup of folks who got tricked into joining us for the week.  The best part?  These guys are great writers (and there’s a pretty good photographer in the mix as well).

  • Kirk Deeter.  Kirk and his partner in crime Tim Romano write FlyTalk, the fly fishing blog for Field and Stream.  Also, he’s the Editor of Angling Trade, covering the business of fly fishing in North America.
  • Bruce Smithhammer.  Bruce is a regular contributor on buster wants to fish, and his stuff has also been seen in the neighborhood of The Drake Magazine.
  • Michael Gracie.  Michael has actually pulled off a blog about technology, finance and fly fishing, and even more amazingly…it’s a great read.
  • Pete McDonald.  Pete writes Fishing Jones.  It’s real good.  He also writes about boats.
  • Louis Cahill.  You’ve seen Louis’s name on our blog approximately 3.9 times per week since he visited Andros South in January.  He takes real good pictures.

We should point out that we wanted to invite far more folks than we had room for at the lodge – we hope to do it again!

Following Along

Many of the stories from the week you’ll see on the sites of the folks mentioned above in the upcoming months.  That being said, we’ll do our best to keep you posted during the week.

We’ve created a list on Twitter that a few of us will be posting to during the week.  You can check it out even if you don’t use Twitter – it’s just an easy to check in and see what we’re up to on any given day.

We’ll be posting on our Facebook page during the week as well.

Wish us luck!

These Guys’ Blogs

  • Field and Stream FlyTalk
  • Buster Wants to Fish
  • MichaelGracie.com
  • Fishing Jones

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. WindKnot says

    May 4, 2010 at 8:39 pm

    Gonna go ahead an nominate myself for the next one of these things (not so much because I think my writing is tops, but because I selfishly want to cast a fly at some South Andros bonies. Yup.

    However, I do write and my blog is mostly that—precious little in the way of fish porn, backslapping, or hero shot nonsense.

  2. Kyle says

    May 5, 2010 at 11:23 am

    “FIBFest” – Love it! We’ll have to all get together at IFTD this summer. Definitely up for Alaska in 2011

  3. Dylan Rose says

    May 7, 2010 at 4:44 pm

    Oh man! Green with blogger envy!

  4. g_smolt says

    May 12, 2010 at 4:30 pm

    Dammit.

    Smithhammer ALWAYS wins.

    Feel free to put me on the waiting list with Dylan and flatswalker, tho…

  5. andrew says

    May 12, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    Waiting list noted, guys! We’re assuming it’s going to be the first in a long line of FIBFests…

  6. Josh Mills says

    May 12, 2010 at 8:12 pm

    I think I just crapped my pants. I will line up with Dylan, G Smolt and the others in the wishing, hoping, praying crowd.

    Nice idea guys, freaking great idea

    Looking forward to following this
    Josh

Trackbacks

  1. Getting dragged to Andros for liar’s poker | Michael Gracie says:
    May 4, 2010 at 7:39 am

    […] Deneki FIBfest. Duh! […]

  2. Fly Fishing Tips says:
    May 10, 2010 at 6:02 am

    […] of topics that we’re going to writing Tip posts about over the next few months – during Deneki FIBFest at Andros South, and during the 12 weeks of summer insanity when we’re open at Alaska West […]

  3. Amongst Our Weaponry « Fishing Jones says:
    May 11, 2010 at 11:50 am

    […] efficiency, and an almost fanatical devotion to the… cause. Getting things in order for FIB Fest at Andros South next […]

  4. Tunes for those tricked into heading to South Andros Island with a bunch of professionals | Michael Gracie says:
    May 11, 2010 at 1:54 pm

    […] video entitled Don’t Kick the Kalik (Just Drink It), the following playlist for the upcoming Deneki FIBfest is being provide lie royalty […]

  5. Andros South — Bonefish on the Brain says:
    May 13, 2010 at 4:48 am

    […] fishing bloggers you probably read are headed for Andros South next week.  I would have been among them were it not for moving/childcare hurdles that could not […]

  6. Andros via Field and Stream — Bonefish on the Brain says:
    May 16, 2010 at 4:31 am

    […] thought I’d talk a little bit about Andros here before the guys from FIBFest start relating their own  stories about fishing for bonefish at Andros […]

  7. Time to learn how to cast left-handed | Michael Gracie says:
    August 13, 2010 at 9:10 am

    […] before I headed off to Deneki Outdoors’ FIBFest, I tweaked some pieces/parts of my right elbow. I don’t think it was the casting practice I […]

  8. Lessons Learned on South Andros by Pete McDonald says:
    September 2, 2010 at 6:01 am

    […] What the Heck is FIBFest? […]

  9. The Old Tackle Bag… – Flatswalker says:
    January 21, 2011 at 2:50 pm

    […] on some of the more practical aspects of my obsession. He’s off to a magical gathering called FIBFest (while us more plebian folk are left to freeze our nethers off–metaphorically speaking). That […]

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