http://flatswalker.com SaltWaterFlyFishingGuideBlog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:19:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Acid Test: The Science of Ocean Acidification from EARTHNATIVE on Vimeo. http://flatswalker.com/2010/03/09/ocean-acidification-too-cmon/ Ok, I confess I was horrified (and believed, still believe) An Inconvenient Truth. Imagine, all my beautiful flats drowned by rising sea levels, acidification of the oceans scouring the coral reefs, and rising ocean temps wreaking havoc on the ecosystem I've come to rely on. Now comes a deeply disturbing documentary ... http://flatswalker.com/2010/03/07/end-of-the-line/ [caption id="attachment_830" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The 'Old' New Skiff... before the overhaul"][/caption] And We Don't Have A Freakin' Skiff! Yup, tarpon season is just around the corner and our brains are heating up along with the weather. Just got this little piece of mental clusterflop from good old Nate "Dubya" down in Tavernier ... http://flatswalker.com/2010/03/07/tarpon-seasons-comin/ "Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish." ~Roderick Haig-Brown, A River Never Sleeps, 1946. "And anyone who thinks I brag is stating that I understand fish-thought is obviously ignorant of the way in which fish think. Believe ... http://flatswalker.com/2010/03/01/reading-is-fun/ Intro I got this letter a few days ago from someone calling themselves "a committed guide" [1]. It's so damn funny and insightful and delightfully frustrated (in a ranting, I've-just-gotta-vent kind of way) that I couldn't help posting it. Maybe the humor is only apparent to other guides and those readers ... http://flatswalker.com/2010/02/28/how-hard-is-it-to-get-a-bonefish-to-bite/ Eleuthera, Bahamas May 2004 POSTSCRIPT Our final day: we bid farewell to Aaron (who had an early flight to catch) and went fishing. In keeping with the cosmic laws that govern such things, this day dawned with perfect weather -- just as the angler who needed it most was flying out. Winds ... http://flatswalker.com/2010/02/24/strange-weather-adventures-in-diy-fly-fishing-part-iii/ Eleuthera, Bahamas May 2004 Someone once said, always put in the weather. Good advice. Our first exploratory drive to some nearby flats ended in a rain out. Clouds were piling up to the northeast and the forecast looked grim. We found this flat by the simple expedient of stopping to ask the ... http://flatswalker.com/2010/02/23/strange-weather-adventures-in-diy-fly-fishing-part-ii/