My good friend and venerable Hawaii angler Ed died this week. I went through each of my fly boxes and carefully withdrew the flies he had given me. There were only five left. I will save them for some special fish. My earliest photo of Ed, stalking weke with Diamond Head in the distance Ed … Continue reading Aloha Ed →

We took a much-needed break over the Easter holiday and headed south to some smaller, neighboring islands. Our first stop was "where billionaires go to escape millionaires." Our AirBnb, however, was only about seventy bucks a night. We had some decent fishing. The water was pretty packed with garfish, which are challenging to hook because … Continue reading Toothy or Groupie →

Over some fifteen years of bonefishing in Hawaii an impression of what bonefishing in The Bahamas would be like gradually formed in my mind. I imagined a place where little bonefish traveled in bunches - sometimes vast mobs, across endless sunny flats. It was a place where you could have 100 shots a day at … Continue reading Hawaii vs. Bahamas Bonefishing (Part 1) →

Somewhere in the Caribbean... We went to the Bahamas over Christmas to do some diving and fishing. It was fun and I plan to write about some of those adventures later. On the way back from the Bahamas we stopped over in Miami and made a trip to Captain Harry's Fishing Supply (the tackle shop … Continue reading Whereabouts Unknown →

Rugged Volcanic Coastlines It's December now, and hard to believe that we are already a quarter of the way through our Peace Corps service here in the Eastern Caribbean. As anticipated, I have had to do quite a bit of exploration and experimentation to fish successfully here. One surprise was how rugged the larger islands … Continue reading A Moi by Any Other Name →

Tara now holds an International Game Fish Association world record for landing a 9 lb. 15 oz. Pacific Bonefish on 8 lb. test monofilament. Congratulations Tara! Tara worked hard for her record! After several weeks of intense fishing we hit the right flat at the right time and found the big bones tailing on the … Continue reading World Record! →

I have an odd shape to my head which makes it difficult to find hats that fit. Imagine taking a clay ball between your palms and smooshing it a bit on the sides. That's my head. I can wear most tuques, or top hats, or visors, but the brims of most baseball hats are too … Continue reading Hat Trick →

For many years I neglected fishing for bonefish in the surf zone. I did other types of fishing in the waves, but the huge movement of water and gnarly topography of the reef crest never really seemed like a good place to fly fish for bones. However, it turns out that, in the right spots … Continue reading Fun in the Surf Zone →

It's hard to believe we will be leaving Hawaii in just a couple of months! (More about that later.) Tara has been looking through some old photos and noticed that we didn't have any good pictures of one of the iconic features of Oahu: Koko Head Crater and the Ridge over Hanauma Bay. Not this … Continue reading Photo-Op →