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
"Guide"
It was one of those days where I knew I had made a bad call. The weather had turned to @#$* and we were 32 miles offshore trying to fly fish for blue water "anything". What was a bonefish guide doing out here with a client that was chucking his guts up and holding on for dear life?
Continue reading Comments (0) 11.02.2008. 13:27
