Friday Fly Fishing

Early Friday morning Tim and I headed out on a day of fly fishing. This is my first serious attempt at bonefishing. It was only the previous Saturday Roger gave me a few pointers. Does Tim know what he is in for? Tim decides we are hiking south to reach the lagoon on the west side of Ambergris Caye. Kevin, a 16 year old that lives south of Sueno, joins us to show the way. When we arrive we start working the flats in search of bonefish.







Tim enjoys his fishing and patiently gives me pointers. Then all of a sudden a bonefish takes my fly. I just caught my first bonefish! When I finally land the bonefish it is a small one, but hey it is my first bonefish. We get the camera out but I drop the bonefish... no pictures.


We decide to hike back to the beach and fish the grassy flats as we walk back to Sueno. We come across 3 bonefish and I circle around to cast to them. The wind is very strong today. After a few casts they move out of my casting range, which is not saying much since I can still see them. Then I notice other movement in the sea grass closer to me. I cast and strip the line. Then the water explodes with activity. My line takes off, I can see other fish take off, and one fish jumps through the air. As I reel the fish in Tim gets my camera. Not going to miss this one. After a pretty good fight I real the fish into my feet. Much to my surprise I caught my first snook.





A successful day for a novice.



Thank you:

• Tim for taking me on my first day of bonefishing


• Roger for spending time with me and giving me pointers


• Dan for leting me borrow your extra fly rod, flies and other gear


• Joel, http://www.riograndeangler.com/ for teaching me how to fly fish for rainbow and brown's on the Rio Grande River - especially at the Rio Grande Club and River Island Ranch, http://www.lpisouthfork.com/.

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