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ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS, WINTER 2004


This Winter BfG hosted our best ever "Bonefish Adventure" with everyone (including 2 novice lady anglers) catching bonefish on fly...


Week 1
BfG & Anne (Bone-Friday) were joined by Geoff Smyth, Peter Battley, Lars Wetteskind & Chris Glover. Both Chris & Geoff had enjoyed previous Bonefish Adventures. Pete and Lars were both "bonefish virgins", but not for long...

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Saturday: our 1st sunset, then dinner and rum punch by the pool. Sunday: BfG take Lars & Pete to Goulding Cay where this fisherman seemed happy to share his beach with us. No bonefish here so we went further north... ...BfG soon finds a large shoal of bones feeding close to shore. Pete is the first to hook one... ...his first ever bonefish on his first attempt. ...Lars performs several LDR's* but stays connected to this one... ...happiness is bone shaped! Pete hooks another one... ...a bit bigger. Yes, it is a roof on the beach! - witness the awesome power of Hurricane Frances Chris Glover's personal best bone: 6½lb Dinner & Celebrations at Tippy's: Anne, Geoff, Lars, Chris & Pete at Tippy's (cameraman: BfG) Tuesday: Lars hooks a bone at Governor's Harbour... ...just another two pounder but a wonderful fight. Wednesday: BfG accompany Geoff and Pete. Pete soon hooks one... ...a great fight... ...2½lb. ...then Geoff gets stuck in... ...about the same size... ...then a double hook-up... amazingly both fish stay hooked! The 3 of them finish up with 17 bones! Bone Friday, Chris, Pete, Geoff & Lars at Kel D's. Thursday: BfG & Friday take the day off ...and find a lucky sand dollar. ...the rest of the team are doing pretty good without them! ...great camouflage! Chris with 3½lb bone Friday: Pete with his best fish, one of 11 this day! Geoff had this one plus 13 = 25 between the 2 of them in one day - what a way to finish their week! celebrating again! BfG catching up on some Zs at the end of a busy week.

By the end of the first week Geoff caught 23 bonefish to 4¼lb, Pete 21, Lars 6, Chris 7 and BfG 6.



Week 2
Geoff & Pete were replaced by Bonefish Adventure regulars Pete "Doc" Goodwin and Chris "Bone-Boy" Bradford, who was accompanied by his partner "Bone Girl" Lee who, with no fly fishing experience, was hoping to catch a bone or two...

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On Doc & Bone-Boy's 1st day we find a grey patch of water... which moves! Doc gets in position and starts fishing... ...and hooks one straight away... happiness is a bone in your hand! lunch time Mother Nature's rod rest sunset in a cloudless sky, followed by... ...dinner by the pool... ...with Kaliks and rum punch to celebrate (not that they need an excuse!) A money-bat* takes a liking to Doc - this means good luck for him tomorrow!... Sunday; Doc hooks a big single cruising the shoreline, was it money-bat luck or pure skill? ... ...4½lb. Doc also caught a 5lb bone later in the day. ...meanwhile Lars hooks (and lands) a spoddy* at Half Sound. There are no sizeable bones in evidence so suggests a move... BfG finds a nice school of fish and directs operations from above using walkie-talkie radios... ...Chris, Lars & BfG went on to catch another 9 from that school. Swopping stories over cocktails at Tippy's. Total catch for the day: 18 bonefish. Monday, a cunning plan: The girls go to Briland for sightseeing, shopping and... ...horse riding on the pink sands beach... ...while the boys split up into 2 groups... ...and catch a total of 24 bonefish from 3 different locations. Best fish was 5lb, caught by BfG (no photo). For those who are awake after dinner, activities include reading, drinking & fly tying. Tuesday: Lars has his best day with 4 fish including this beauty of 4¼lb Rainbow Beach: Another beautiful sunset, time to reflect on the 14 bones caught today Clockwise: Bone-Boy, Chris G, BfG, Bone Friday, Lars, Doc & Bone-Girl at the Dolcevita. Wednesday: Doc gets stuck into a good bone and performs a LDR*... ...but he soon hooks another - about 3lb, but too far away to photograph. BfG hooks a big bone... ...4¼lb and soon gets another of 4lb ...meanwhile Lars is taking a break after a LDR*, and Bone-Boy is boosting his day's total to 5 bones, best fish 4½lb. Thursday, last day for Lars: BfG inspects the bonemobiles and formulates a cunning plan... ...for the first time in 10 days the wind is perfect for fishing the ocean side... ...BfG and Lars check out several ocean side beaches but find no bones until they get to this one... ...Lars lands a nice bone of around 2½lb... ...then another from this exquisite pink sand beach. Time to move on... ...but the fish become more elusive the further south they go until BfG finds this 5½lb single. ...a beautiful creature. Meanwhile Doc & Bone-Boy are catching some big bones down* north... ...a 5¼lb bone for Bone-Boy... Friday: Lars departed on the early flight. BfG takes Bone Friday to Briland to chill out on her last day... ...lunch at the Coral Sands overlooking the pink sands beach. ...meanwhile the others are all catching, including this very nice bonefish for Bone-Boy. Back to the mainland The end of a perfect day.

During the second week Lars caught 9 (bringing his total to 15), Chris Glover 21 (bringing his total to 28), BfG 19 to 5½lb (bringing his total to 25), Doc caught 16 to 5lb and Bone-Boy 24 to 5¼lb. Bone-Girl, in spite of presenting her flies to several bonefish, did not have luck on her side. Hopefully her determination would pay off in the final week...



Week 3
Bone-Friday, Chris Glover & Lars having departed for colder climes, Kathy & Pete "The Other Doc" Ventham joined BfG, The Doc, Bone-Boy & Bone-Girl for the final week. Kathy had very little fly fishing experience but was determined to have a go...

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Doc & Bone-Boy check out the Girls Bank but only connect with one bone. Meanwhile BfG shows the other Doc & Kathy some of the southern flats. Kathy chillin' on the Ocean side while Pete nearly gets his 1st bone of the week... ..then further south where he soon hooks up and plays to the gallery... ...and lands a small bone on his 1st day ...and half an hour later hooks another... ...not a bad way to start the week! Monday: Bone-Boy equals his personal best with this beauty of 6½lb. Tomorrow's task is for the girls to get boned-up... Tuesday: Kathy catches her first fish, just a needlefish but good practice. Then a change of venue... ...but first some shopping: fresh grouper & snapper for dinner... ...Kathy and Bone-Girl get a double hook-up... ...Bone-Girl lands her fish... ...then Kathy lands hers... ...both happily boned-up. celebrations and medals awarded over dinner. Wednesday: Pete & the girls take the day off... ...and continue celebrating yesterday's success at the Coral Sands Hotel Meanwhile BfG was busy catching 13 small bones, plus this big brown one*... ...which had attacked his size 6 Gotcha. Thursday: Doc & BfG drive up* south and catch a few nice bones on the way... ...good job they did because although it looks 'fishy' they find few fish to cast to further south. Meanwhile Bone-Boy & Girl go north where they find a shed-load* of bones feeding on clean sand... ...Bone-Girl lands 4 bones and Bone-Boy matches BfG's catch of yesterday with 13! Friday, the last day, BfG takes both Docs & Kathy north: Nervous water*, an amazing sight as a shed-load* of fish disturb the otherwise placid water... ...Kathy hooks a good bone... ...and plays it superbly... ...3lb, her biggest and a great way to end the week. Meanwhile, Bone-Boy discovers some big* bones feeding in the mangroves but it would be unethical to fish for them in such a snaggy place. High tide so time for lunch and some R&R before they head back towards the Inn... ...but BfG has a cunning plan and takes his team to a normally unproductive beach where Doc hooks the smaller of two very big bones*... ...7½lb - the heaviest landed this trip, and a great way to end the holiday. Our last tropical sunset (until April) and one of the most beautiful.

During the third and final week, Doc caught 11 to 7½lb (bringing his total to 27), Bone-Boy 29 to 6½lb (bringing his total to 53), Bone-Girl 5, The Other Doc 5, Kathy 2 and BfG 23 (bringing his total to 48).





For those who are interested in statistics:

Chris Glover caught the heaviest bonefish during week 1 (6½lb);
Geoff Smyth caught the most bonefish in one day (14);
Geoff also caught the most bonefish in week 1 (23);
BfG caught the heaviest bonefish during week 2 (5½lb);
Bone-Boy caught the most bonefish during week 2 (24);
He also caught the most bonefish during week 3 (29);
Doc Goodwin caught the heaviest bonefish fish in week 3 (7½lb) which was also the heaviest of the whole 3 weeks;
Doc also caught the highest average size bonefish this trip (over 3lb) having caught 27 bonefish  totaling over 84lb;
Grand total for the 3 weeks: 227 bonefish averaging 2½lb;
Kathy caught the heaviest bonefish by a lady angler this trip (3lb);
Bone-Girl caught the most bonefish in a day by a lady angler this trip (4);
BfG had the most punctures this trip (2), caught the biggest shark (10lb), also the most sharks (1) !


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