When we went to bed last night after our late night campfire it was cold and windy. There were even some threatening clouds. Five hours later when we woke up it was like we were on a different planet. There were no clouds, it was dead calm and best of all it was warm. To … Read more
It was a cold, drizzly and rainy night after I crawled in my Explorer last evening. I’m on Blackfoot Reservoir doing some reconnaissance before the Johnny Boyd Carp Classic that I’ll fish in this weekend. I woke up at 5 like normal but heard the rain so instead of making coffee and grabbing my seat … Read more
The Johnny Boyd Carp Classic takes place on Saturday and Sunday June 2 and 3 on Blackfoot Reservoir in Idaho. There will be 25 Teams of three persons. Each team is allowed to weigh in three carp per day and must be caught by each teammate and not one individual. The weight determines victory for … Read more
I’d like to thank everyone for reading the St. Brandon’s blogs along with adding all the nice comments and the congratulatory emails that came. To travel that far and catch “the fish” was the ultimate satisfaction for me. The rough boat ride back to Mauritius and the two days of flight travel home didn’t faze … Read more
Our final day here at St. Brandon’s Atoll was simply another day in paradise. Gerhard, Tim, Ryan and I took our time and relaxed and caught a few more bonefish before calling our day early. For me, this trip has been an unbelievable success fishing. Honestly, I could’ve ended it last night after my second … Read more
When I was in hot pursuit of my yellow permit both last year here at St. Brandon’s Atoll and earlier this week, I passed up many a bonefish – literally letting even the occasional 7lber swim by in order not to miss a cast at a permit. It was torturous. But I gave myself a … Read more
After today it’s obvious the bonefish gods are mad at me. I’m being punished for passing up easy opportunities to catch bones when I was hot on the yellow permit pursuit. I’m definitely suffering from a permit hangover. In 48 hours I haven’t caught a single bonefish here at St. Branon’s Atoll – possibly the … Read more
Now that I have my Indo-Pacific permit I can relax and fish for bonefish. Every single one I see if I want. I’ve been waiting for this. Tim, Ryan and Gerhard and I fished together. But funny thing, the bonefish were hard to find for me. We contended with storms but honestly, I can’t blame … Read more
I fished with Tim and Ryan today while Gerhard ventured with two of the other guests. Ryan got a yellow permit yesterday and our plan was to hit the same flat where he got that one however not till sunset. He saw a ton of permit there. To start our day, we waded the flat … Read more
Today it was Tim, Gerhard and I hitting the flats together. The only way I could have been better surrounded by top yellow permit anglers was if Ryan joined us also. But Ryan went with a couple of the other guys to shoot photos. One of the reasons all three owners of FlyCastaway are here … Read more
One of the most prized fly rod fish of the Indian Ocean is the Indo-Pacific permit, best known as the “yellow permit” or in Australia as snubnose dart. Being that Atlantic permit have been my nemesis fish species to catch I didn’t show much interest in Indo’s until 2014 when Granny and I targeted them … Read more
After 40 hours of flight travel that ended Friday afternoon, I still wasn’t at St Brandon’s Atoll. Port Louis, Mauritius was simply a stopover before a 26-hour boat ride to the Atoll. It’s a dreaded boat ride for those who get seasick. It’s frightening for those who aren’t sure if they get sick. And thank … Read more