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South Andros Mini Gallery – Peter Viau Edition
If you’ve been following our blog for some time, you may have noticed some photos credited to Peter Viau. Peter is a long time friend and guest of Andros South, but he’s also one heck of a photographer! We look forward to seeing his photos after each visit and today we present you with a…
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Smile!
Andros South guide, Sparkles, hoisting one mean Barracuda. No fingers were harmed during the taking of this photo. More on Fishing for Barracuda Barracuda Fly Presentation Barracuda Flies for the Bahamas Rigging with Wire
Blackback
On South Andros, our guides often refer to big bonefish as ‘blackbacks.’ Why? Because big bonefish, like the double digit critters we all dream about, often appear much darker in the water than smaller bonefish. Sort of like this beauty caught recently by Andros South guest, Dennis Poulin. Nice work, Dennis! More From South Andros Bahamian…
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Casting on the Flats – Roundup
Every month or so, we like to run a roundup of posts related to a specific topic. We do this because we’ve written a lot of articles on a lot of topics, over two thousand actually, and you probably haven’t read them all! Today’s roundup topic? Fly casting on the flats! Learning to cast well under…
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Poling
There’s just something awesome about a photo of a guide at work on the poling platform. So today we offer you just that, courtesy of Andros South guest, Derk Frank. More on Poling for Bonefishing Poling for Bonefish – About Poling for Bonefish – 6 Tips Bonefishing – Be a Good Boat Buddy
The Rubber Legged Gotcha – Tying Instructions
It’s no secret that the Gotcha is one of the greatest bonefish flies of all time. We’d go out on a whim and say it has probably caught more bonefish than any other fly pattern in the world, and we use a lot of them. However, our bonefish on South Andros really seem to have…
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Congratulations South Andros!
One thing we really like about our location here on South Andros, aside from the bonefishing, is the opportunity to be part of such an amazing community. We wanted to send a big shout-out to the members of the South Andros High School track team who just came back from their latest meet with not one,…
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Rigging With Wire – The Jam Knot
We really like throwing flies to barracuda at Andros South. They’re big, aggressive, and amazingly fast. They also have a mouth full of razor sharp teeth, which we think just adds to the excitement. Monofilament doesn’t last too long around barracuda, so we make sure to use a leader ending in 18 inches or so of…
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Tagging South Andros Bonefish – Video
Last season at Andros South, we were fortunate to host a group of researchers working with the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust to conduct the first large-scale tagging effort for bonefish on South Andros Island. In fact, you can check out BTT’s report on the study, here. Carl Treyz, a member of the research team, collected…
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