At Andros South, we launch our boats right at the mouth of Little Creek – a very protected spot that provides easy access to the East Side Creeks, the West Side, the South and our Inland Wading program. It just so happens that there’s a great local bar at the put in. It’s commonly know…
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Bonefish Rods for Different Conditions
Tom Larimer’s back today with some commentary on bonefish rods based on his trip to Andros South last month. We think Tom’s dead on – have a read. Bonefish Rods As conditions change during a day of flats fishing for bonefish, you need to change your tackle to be successful. In the early morning or on…
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Andros South Fishing Report – April 2011
Photos by David Oliver and Andros South Staff April at Andros South is one of the most popular times to join us and this year was no exception – we were packed to the gills! Though we all know it depends more on the weather than time of year in these parts, the spring months of March…
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Blue Holes
South Andros Island has a whole bunch of blue holes – spots where giant holes have formed near vertically in the surrounding limestone. Some of our blue holes are out on the flats and full of sea life (fishing in a blue hole can be awfully exciting). Others, like this one, are inland blue holes…
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Rio Alloy Hard Mono
A few months ago, we ran a video featuring Bruce Chard that detailed his approach to tying leaders for flats fishing. If you fish on the flats, you really need to check out the video – we’ll give you another chance with a link right here. The foundation of Bruce’s leaders is Rio’s Alloy Hard…
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Nice Fish, Beverly
Beverly Jefferson and her husband Don joined us at Andros South earlier this month for a little warm weather and a little bonefishing. Of the 10 anglers at the lodge during the week (9 of whom were men), Beverly came away with the biggest fish of the trip. We can’t say we were surprised –…
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Don’t Give Up!
It’s one of the most common mistakes we see guests make on their first trip to South Andros Island. The angler makes a shot. The bonefish doesn’t eat. And just like that, the angler gives up! The shoulders slump, some choice words are muttered, and the line is slowly stripped back in. But the fish…
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The Hunter in All of Us
Tom Larimer – top-drawer Oregon guide, host at Alaska West, BC West and Andros South, Andros FIBFest 2011 attendee – draws some great analogies today between fishing for bonefish and fishing for steelhead. We loved his writeup and we think you will too. The Hunter in All of Us Chasing bonefish had never held huge appeal…
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Ross F1 Reel Review
Back in September we ran an introductory post with information about Ross’s new F1 reel – with video straight from the show floor at IFTD. Brad Befus gave us all kinds of detail about the design of the F1, and that was awesome…but last month we got to fish one on the flats of South…
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Fishing for Science
Bjorn Stromsness is the angler behind Bonefish on the Brain, and he also got in on the fun at Andros FIBFest 2011 last month. Bjorn’s been a big supporter of Bonefish and Tarpon Trust, and at Andros South he ‘took one for the team’ and helped out with bonefish research. He’s here today to tell…
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