A little over a week ago, we ran a post unveiling one of our most productive bonefish patterns at Andros South, the Spawning Mantis Shrimp, a variation of Bob Veverka’s Mantis Shrimp. Today, we’re coming at you with step by step instructions on how to tie the Spawning Mantis Shrimp, including our own little spin on…
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Nice Fish, Benny
Congrats to Alaska West guide, Ben Beatty, for landing this double-digit bonefish alongside Andros South guide Josie Sands. Nice work guys! More on Bonefishing The Advanced Ready Position How Far Do You Have to Cast Selecting Bonefish Flies
Bonefishing – Don’t Strip Off More Line Than You Have To
When fishing for bonefish from a flats skiff, it’s common practice to strip a generous amount of fly line off of your reel onto either the deck, or better yet, the floor behind you as you hold the fly in your non-casting hand. We call it the ready position, but in case you’re not sure…
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The Spawning Mantis Shrimp
A great thing about our fishery at Andros South is that the bonefish aren’t overly picky. It’s a great place to get creative with your flies.. A true fly tyer’s paradise! After all, if its the right size, and some shade of tan, odds are there’s a fish out there that will eat it! With…
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Spotting Bonefish Roundup
Spotting bonefish on the flats can be tough, even for experienced anglers. Therefore, we’ve posted quite a few articles on our blog over the years about spotting bonefish, and odds are you haven’t read them all. So, today we thought we’d give you a little roundup of a bunch of posts we’ve run in the…
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The Devil’s Backbone
At Andros South, we have a pretty cool natural phenomenon that makes for a pretty epic bonefishing location. Due to an intricate network of bights and creeks, a close proximity to extremely deep water (try over 5,000 feet), and relatively strong prevailing winds, at any given time we are able to witness opposite tides on opposite…
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Fish Facts: Bonefish Related to Eels?
We’re fortunate to work around a pretty knowledgeable staff at our lodges. In fact, a surprising number of our team members hail from pretty scientific backgrounds with degrees in fisheries biology, environmental science, geology and so on.. That makes for some pretty wild fish facts thrown around the camp fire from time to time. Every…
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Bonefish Running at You?
The classic bonefish take usually goes something like this.. Strip, strip, bonefish eats the fly, angler makes a long strip to set the hook (no trout sets!), bonefish takes off at lightning speed in the opposite direction, angler raises the rod and enjoys a well deserved fight against said bonefish. However, what happens when the bonefish…
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Andros South Video by Hollis Bennett
Last year we hosted professional photographer, Hollis Bennett, for a super quality photo shoot at Andros South. Hollis is an extremely talented photographer and if you have followed our blog at all over the past year, odds are you have seen some of his work. Hollis also took a fair amount of video while visiting…
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Need a Break?
If you live virtually anywhere in the northern half of the United States, odds are you don’t need to read this post to know, winter is upon us! The Northeast already received its first snow storm of epic proportions nearly two weeks ago, and winter storm warnings are in effect from the Pacific Northwest, through…
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