The Guide Log
Drift
I attended the Fly Fishing Show in Denver a few months ago and what a great time that was. The show is like the Willy Wonka factory for Fly Fishermen. I spent three days wondering in and out of booths, talking to manufacturers, testing gear and seeing all the new stuff. One of the highlights of the show was the premier showing of the film Drift. It was held in a huge tent with thousands of fly fishing folks drinking free beer. Needless to say, the atmosphere was perfect. When the film started up there were wild cheers from the crowd and with every hookup it just got more insane. I was in the back and my thoughts were two fold; 1. this is the most beautiful film I have ever seen, 2. how cool is it to see this much energy at a fly fishing show. It was refreshing and hopeful to see the cool effect with a sport that is so traditional and even spiritual. Maybe that is why the film was met with such excitement, it was touching us all in our secret souls.
Amazing work on this film and my hat is off to Jim Klug and the gang who shot and produced it, bravo!!
Comments (0) 24.11.2008. 10:30
Florida Keys Fly Fishing School
I saw the fish about fifty yards out and my first thought was………….. shark. At twenty five yards I was thinking holy #%*@ that's the biggest bonefish I have ever seen. The client on the front of the boat was struggling to make a thirty foot cast. On a wide open white flat under clear blue skies I needed a good sixty feet to put the fly on this fish. First shot, not even close, the fish moved off into the wind, second shot after poling fifteen minutes into the wind, no chance. These are the moments that test a guide, you just feel bad for the client and frustrated that you can't help with the those last sixty feet.
Continue reading Comments (0) 25.02.2008. 14:47
Fly fishing and fine rum
Zaya is estate produced and bottled in Guatemala, where rich volcanic alluvial soils and tropical temperatures produce the best sugar cane in the world. Zaya is produced using the finest sugar cane, hand selected from the estate. The selections go through an elaborate extraction process to obtain only the "pure virgin honey" of the concentrated juice, which is then double distilled in small copper pots to achieve greater complexity. The water and its limpidity are an important foundation of world class rum. Zaya uses indigenous natural artisan "Millenary Waters" that display purity that is beyond compare. Most countries require any rum to be aged for a year before bottling. Before its release, Zaya is gently matured for 12 long years in the finest oak barriques, imparting deeper, more complex and smoother flavors.
Continue reading Comments (0) 12.02.2008. 10:57
About Me
Captain Clint Kemp
My family has been in the Bahamas since 1690 and for generations we have made our living from the ocean. There is an old proverb that says, "When a people lose touch with the ocean they lose touch with their soul". I can attest to the reality of this saying. I have been fly fishing for most of my life and now in my mid life I find the walks on the flats, the sight of tailing fish, the magic of a rising tide all speak to the hidden dreams and hopes of a secret soul. In all of angling there is nothing that compares to the thrill of the thin water. I would love to guide you to your first Bonefish or maybe to one of many that you will catch in your life. Regardless of your experience level one thing is for sure, every day on the skinny water is an opportunity for your soul to live and breathe the rare air of what you were made for.
