This is the famous Conch House located at Andros South Bonefish Lodge in the Bahamas. This is my favorite place to stay for the house is actually made of concrete and real conch shells built into the concrete walls. So when the wind blows the walls whitsle. Its a great sound. Only in the Bahamas.
ANGLER'S TONIC - A SWEET FLY FISHING ARTICLE AND INFORMATION WEBSITE!
Greg Thomas has been my fly fishing buddy for over 18 years now. We first met in the Keys when I was working in the Faro Blanco Fly shop in Marathon. We have fished together in the Keys and all over the Rockies for huge trout. Greg has writen 5 fly fishing books and is the publisher for the above web site called Angler's Tonic. Last and not least Greg is also the editor for Fly Rod and Reel magazine. Check out this cool site! It makes you want to go fishing right now!
http://www.anglerstonic.com/dev/
Its big red time, and I don't mean pass me a piece of gum! This 25 lber was tailing in 3ft of water and ate a huge tarpon fly! NICE!! In the winter months the shallow bays and flats of the north gulf of Mexico near LA, and AL fill up with big schools of HUGE redfish! These fish look like copper submarines on the flats. When they open there mouth you can almost fit you head inside. Unreal! The numbers of these huge fish can be high at times but I was happy with getting this one, big, single redfish on my 3 day fishing trip! My buddy I was fishing with landed 3 of them. I hooked a couple others myself as well but didn't land them. You can fish for giant tailing black drum, huge sheepshead and these big reds all in the same area. This fishery is KILLER!
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Bonefish have become one of the favorite saltwater fish to target on fly by many experienced fly anglers, and novices. They live in super shallow areas and in certain places with mega numbers. This along with there lightning speedy runs makes them a fav to fish for. I believe that the Bahamas hold some of the world best bonefishing. That is why I host my Ultimate Fly Fishing Bonefish School in South Andros Bahamas at the Andros South Boenfish Lodge! The bone in the pic above is feeding in about 4-5 inches of water, and was taken in South Andros. You can see this in plentiful numbers in South Andros. Bones love to go as shallow as they can to get to the little crabs and shrimp that live and take cover in the mangrove tree roots. This fish is belly draggin he is so shallow! This sight makes for great fun, for when the bones are this shallow they are extra spooky and call for a much stealthier presentation. So I like to make a very wide loop when casting to shallow talliers and have very even power all the way through the wide loop. This will allow the fly to land very softly thus not spooking the fish! On the other hand when the bones are this shallow with there tails out of the water the only reason their are exposing themselves so much is to feed aggressively. So with that the bones are usually very apt to run over to eat your fly IF you can get it near them with out spooking them! Much more to come on this subject. Thanks!
