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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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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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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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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