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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Bonefish
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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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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Practice Makes Better
Perfect is an awfully big word when it comes to fly fishing.. We’ve yet to meet a perfect caster, but we all want to be better anglers right? We always recommend our guests spend some time practicing their casting before a trip, but we also understand that life can get in the way of our…
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BTT Needs Your Help!
Last week the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust announced that a mangrove die-off first sighted on The Marls of Abaco appears to be spreading. Healthy mangroves are critical for the well being of flats fish, and therefore is of great concern. According to BTT, the cause of the die-off is unknown, but a team from North Carolina State…
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Now You See it.. Now You Don’t
Bonefish can be tough to see. How tough? We’ll show you. See the bonefish out of water in the photo above? Good. See the same bonefish when put back in the water in the photo below? Exactly. Tips on Spotting Bonefish Spotting Bonefish – 4 Tips Stages of Spotting Bonefish Look for Moving Shapes
Boat It
Today we present you with a photo of our buddy, Gabe Nyblad, landing a bonefish from Andros South. Not only is it a cool photo, it’s also a pretty spot on demonstration on how to successfully land a bonefish from a skiff. More on Fighting Bonefish Fighting Bonefish in the Mangroves 5 Tips for Fighting Bonefish…
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South Andros Mini Gallery – Ben Beatty Edition
Today we present you with a collection of photos taken at Andros South by Alaska West guide, Ben Beatty. Ben recently spent a week wandering the flats of South Andros and aside from catching some pretty awesome fish (ahem, see proof above), he also took some pretty awesome photos. Enjoy! More From South Andros Shallow…
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Pound for Pound
We like to post pictures of big fish caught at our lodges from time to time, but today we’re coming at you with a photo of a relatively small bonefish from Andros South instead. After all, size isn’t everything.. However, odds are this fish still made one (maybe even two) runs well into the backing before…
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