Spotting bonefish can be tough, but like every other facet of fly fishing, it’s a learned skill. While there’s no substitute to time on the water, the following tips can help break the learning curve, and actually help you spot more fish! Spot More Bonefish – 3 Tips Take note of other species. Bonefish can…
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Andros South
Bonefish on Bamboo?
As many of you are well aware, over the last few years, fiberglass has been making a bit of a comeback in the fly rod world. Why? Because they’re really fun to fish! Heck we’ve already seen folks fish glass for bonefish this season. That got us thinking, we had to take it one step further…..
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RIO General Purpose Tropical Fly Line
We get asked all the time what our favorite fly line for bonefish is. That’s because the right fly line can make all the difference on the flats – arguably more so than in any other fisheries. There are a lot of great fly lines out there for bonefish – and these days odds are…
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‘Cuda ‘Cuda
We have a lot of barracuda prowling our flats at Andros South. They’re extremely fun to catch – they’re big, fast, and sometimes jump straight out of the water like tarpon. Yes, really. However, some anglers are reluctant to fish for them in fear of taking their eye away from bonefish. But, the beauty of…
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Improving Your Double Haul – Video
At Andros South, we work with a lot of casters on a day to day basis looking to improve their cast. One of the areas many of our guests are most interested in improving is their double haul, and for good reason.. It’s a game changer on the flats! Like most casting faults, we tend…
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Congrats Josie!
If you’ve spent any time with us in the past at Andros South, odds are you’re familiar with veteran bonefishing guide, Josie Sands. He’s one heck of a bonefish captain, but what many don’t know is that he’s one heck of a sailor too! In fact, if you’ve been following our blog for some time, you…
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Repairing a Broken Fly Line Loop
For many anglers, nail knots are a thing of the past. Most fly lines available today come with a welded loop on the leader end of the line to connect your leader via loop to loop connections. However, no fly line lasts forever, and over time welded loops can crack, split, or sometimes break completely! Odds…
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Orvis Andros Flats Hiker Boots
One of our favorite ways to target bonefish (and we have a feeling, your’s too) is on foot. There’s something about stalking fish on foot that gets an angler’s blood pumping, and we’re really lucky to do a lot of it at Andros South. In fisheries like ours, there are a whole bunch of huge…
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2016 Andros South Bonefish School
While we still have a few more weeks left in our bonefishing season here at Andros South, judging by the number of folks we’ve heard from lately, many of you are already planning your bonefishing trip for next season. That’s right, it’s never too early and we’re proud of you for planning ahead! With that…
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Nice Fish, William!
Deneki guest, William Haynes, with the ‘grip,’ and guide Ellie Rahming with the ‘grin’ on one heck of a South Andros bonefish. Wow. Nice work guys! More on Bonefishing How Far Should I lead a Bonefish? 4 Ways to Spook Fewer Bonefish Rod Tip High on Rocky Bottoms