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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South Andros Island
Two Ways to Relax on South Andros
They’re both pretty fun, we think. More on South Andros Andros Island Information South Andros from Above Poling Around
Tailing Bonefish
We fish a lot of really skinny water at Andros South, and that means casting to a lot of tailing bonefish. Not everybody captures it as well as Louis Cahill, though. More on Bonefish in Skinny Water Tailing Bonefish Video Tips on Wading in Shallow Water Standing in Shallow Water
Andros FIBFest 2011
It’s time for FIBFest! This week at Andros South we’re hosting a great lineup of folks who write about fishing online. Here’s the plan: we’re all going to go fishing, and write about it online. FIB stands for Fishing Industry Bloggers, and is in no way a reflection of the tendency of anglers to get…
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Too Many False Casts!
When you’re chasing bonefish on the flats, you should do whatever you can to minimize your false casts. When you recognize a potential shot at a fish, you need to get the fly out there quickly, and false casts are the enemy of getting your fly out there quickly. There are more direct ways to…
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A Very Nice Place To Be.
Dick Pitini is a great guy who loves fly fishing and loves taking pictures. He fishes with us at Andros South, and he’s kind enough to send us some images afterwards! Thanks to Dick for the reminder that standing on the bow of a skiff under blue skies on a beautiful bonefish flat is a…
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Bonefishing.
Sam Spillane, on a flat on South Andros, ties on a fly with mangroves in the background. Louis Cahill took the picture. More Pictures from Andros Island Perfect. Cuda Teeth A Little Overcast
Idylwilde Flies for South Andros
Look, we didn’t mean to have two posts in a row about Idylwilde flies. Somehow our Minister of Propaganda and our Triple Director of Alliances got their wires crossed – these things happen! So on with today’s post… Michael White is a friend of ours. He reps Idylwilde flies to finer fly shops in the Southern Rockies….
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Andros Island
Our home at Andros South is South Andros Island. Andros Island geography can get a tiny bit confusing, so today we’re just going to tell you a bit about our island. Andros Island Andros Island is the southwest-most island in the Bahamas, and the biggest island in the Bahamas, and the least densely populated in…
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Fishing Reports!
You know that we post fishing reports all the time, for all our operations, right? A couple of recent examples are the summary of the “best fishing trip ever” that a very experienced husband-wife team just experienced at Chile West, and the tales of winter bonefish galore from Andros South in January. Here are the…
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