Apropos of a serious lust for unknown waters, I’ve been doing some deep dredging of ye ol’ YouTube trove. Here, my friends is a gem: a real guide’s day off. (BTW, that dude w/ the rod? That’s Andy Smith of “In Search of a Rising Tide” fame, one of the many sons of Charlie Smith… [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bahamas’
Travel Log: Andros (Pt. I)
Living Vicariously Through the Past April 26, 2005 Yesterday we flew out of Miami, the old D concourse where American Eagle buses passengers to miniature aircraft bound for points south and east—the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Key West and more, places a fly rod is pretty much required. We were treated to our first view of north [...]
“Smooth”… That’s How It’s Done.
The word for today is “Smooth”. Definition: How Charlie Neymour wants you to cast. Observe. * This reminds me of my last trip to Andros and a lunchtime casting demo with Charlie. I’d come to think of myself as somewhat of a badass caster over the last couple days—with some reason given the conditions we’d [...]
Sweeeet Bonefishing Vid
This is what I’ve been thinking of recently. A couple years ago… wow! a couple YEARS… my Dad and I headed north to fish with Big Charlie at Big Charlie and Fatihas Fishing Lodge. Here’s a vid I just found that illustrates exactly why a bonefish guide and his father would travel hundreds of miles [...]
“23° South” … a Bonefishing is Beautiful Film
This is what I should be, I need to be doing right now… traveling to new destinations with a camera and fly rod in my hand. Having run across several very good films recently, I feel the need to revisit my own footage of my adventures. (I also feel the unaccountable urge to purchase a [...]
