December 28, 2000 Today I’ve decided not to go fishing. Instead thought I’d merely practice casting. There is a small flat a few minutes from home that’s perfect for this—shallow water, wide open spaces, and no mangroves to grab errant back-casts. I’d even occasionally seen bonefish there, but not today; today, it was just practice. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘laughs’
Return of the Flats Bandito
The flats bandit returns to the beach to snag some bones. But the wind is up and the fish are biting shy (so he claims), and his line ties itself into unreasonable knots at the fish’s request. (Talk about your wind knots!) What is this and what will be the answer? Tunes: Fat Freddy’s Drop, [...]
Not Why I Don’t Friendface
Apropos of bonefishonthebrain‘s recent post, I’ve decided to share this with the world (or whatever minuscule segment of the population actually visits this site). Just so you know, this isn’t why I don’t Facebook—I’m actually just a slackster, coffee-house misanthrope who has no time for people who can’t take the time to call, text, email, [...]
Jay (Bug Beard the Terrible) & the Tarpon
Ok, I was searching through the sickly soup of YouTube for tarpon fishing—yes, I’m already pining for tarpon season—and found this. Ok, here we have some stupid $#!t—did I hear something about 3-x tippet in there?! But, I’m sure you’ll share my confliction over how sweet it also is. Nicely done. (As an aside, I [...]
*The FLYOSOPHER cometh…
Ok, ok. I’ve simply got to send a shout out to the blog: Flyosophy. The author–the so-called “Sean Juan” Murphy–runs (and I use the term loosely) a blog (again, loosely) that manages both occasional and prodigious output (or perhaps, throughput, is more accurate) on the subject of fly fishing… more or less. It is, I [...]
BREAKING EVEN: A Month in Bonefishing (Pt. IV)
June 2004 I was once fishing a favorite flat with a new fly, a killer pattern I’ll say I discovered. I’d already taken several schoolies with it from South Sound and figured I’d try it on the big boys. It was a tough morning. Intermittent light and high water made for tough fish spotting conditions. [...]
