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WindKnot – FLATSWALKER

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Jun 23 ,2015 Fresh Mud. Bahamas to Lose 100M/Year in Tourism Dollars? Bahamas Draft Fisheries Regulations Set to Shut Down Flats Fishing Tourism Sector? So by now we’ve all heard about the new proposed flats fishing regulations. That seem to make DIY angling and foreign-owned lodges illegal. We’ve all had our little respective meltdowns and (some of us) are wondering how the heck we’re ever going to afford that next bonefish. You’ll drop the extra $500 every time! I mean, this is business 101, right?

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Contributors – FLATSWALKER

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Windknot chasing bones in Honduras. WindKnot (aka Flatswalker, aka Bonehead, aka Mr. Fish Bones). Browse WindKnot’s Fishing Journal…. BarJack and the Snook. He is the author of. The Indian Ocean Chronicles. Forgive you if you snake a 7-pound bone from under his nose. Read BarJack’s post…. Nate “Dubya” Landing a Keys “Poon”. Nate “Dubya”. No relation.) Nathan runs a successful-struggling-booming-busting business building sweet-ass shit for rich people in the Florida Keys. In his spare time —...Have a func...

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Randomness – FLATSWALKER

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May 15 ,2015 Randomness. DIY Bonefishing: My First Bonefish. I saw 3 or 4 swimming straight at me. It was almost surreal. I did exactly as you had described in the book and without a hitch dropped the tan Crazy Charlie about 2 feet in front of the lead fish. I watched astonished as he just kept coming with intent and then tipped…. Loved this story over on diybonefishing.com. Is better than trying to figure the whole thing out from scratch. Apr 18 ,2015 Randomness. I usually try to stick to salty subjects...

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Fly Casting REV Challenge: #4 – FLATSWALKER

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Fly Casting REV Challenge: #4. May 15 ,2015 Casting REV Challenge. Fly Casting REV Challenge: #4. Good Casting Form: Don’t Throw It! This week we follow up on Episode #3 by clarifying an important aspect of good casting form: keeping the elbow down and resisting the urge to “throw” the flyline. At it’s core,. Fly casting is basically unrolling the fly line. However, a fly casting motion will. Produce a fly cast. When we fail to make the cast, very often that is because we have ceased fly casting and ...

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Dog Days: Fish Pots & Fly Fishing – FLATSWALKER

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Dog Days: Fish Pots & Fly Fishing. Nov 1 ,2009 Old Scratch. Dog Days: Fish Pots & Fly Fishing. I kya’ see how. Kin stan’ dis kine a’. On the beach, facing the open sea and southeast breeze, the sweat dries quickly and the mind turns outward. Where will they be today, these fish I seek outer flats, shoreline, channels? Brederin, catch any? I look around. I feel drugged by the heat, like I’m playing catch up. In front of me is a bar, but no drink. Something amiss there. There’s the sound of...He laughs and...

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TOP 5 Bonefishing Tips… “More like guidelines than actual rules.” – FLATSWALKER

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TOP 5 Bonefishing Tips… “More like guidelines than actual rules.”. Jul 28 ,2011 Fresh Mud. TOP 5 Bonefishing Tips… “More like guidelines than actual rules.”. Dick Brown, author of. Fly Fishing for Bonefish. And did it for a couple hundred feet, easy. That’s what we’re talking about here. Bonefish even the small ones, the ones under 3 pounds break 10-pound tippets with little more than a shake of their heads. The big ones do it with a casualness that’s scary. Over time I’ve developed a few rules for bonef...

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Fly Casting REV Challenge: #5 – FLATSWALKER

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Fly Casting REV Challenge: #5. May 29 ,2015 Casting REV Challenge. Fly Casting REV Challenge: #5. 8220;Fix your Back Cast: Direct your fly line.”. Does your back-cast hit the water? Wish you could have your fly land a little softer and spook less fish? Your thumb can be used to direct your backcast… and the fly. If your thumb stops going down, the line will go down. If you point your thumb up, the line goes up. Simple. Stay tuned as we pick apart some of the most basic fly casting errors, one at a time!

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Win a Bonefishing Trip! – FLATSWALKER

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Win a Bonefishing Trip! May 7 ,2014 Randomness. Win a Bonefishing Trip! Rod Hamilton over at DIYbonefishing.com. Is giving away tons of stuff, including a FREE bonefishing trip to Long Island, Bahamas. There are also weekly prizes like fly rods, etc. All good stuff! Rod is the author of Do It Yourself Bonefishing, the latest must have book for DIY anglers. Do it yourself (DIY). Halloween Can Be Interesting. Clouds are not interesting… but the STIG* is. Notify me of follow-up comments by email.

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Bahamas to Lose +100M/Year in Tourism Dollars? – FLATSWALKER

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Bahamas to Lose 100M/Year in Tourism Dollars? Jun 23 ,2015 Fresh Mud. Bahamas to Lose 100M/Year in Tourism Dollars? Bahamas Draft Fisheries Regulations Set to Shut Down Flats Fishing Tourism Sector? So by now we’ve all heard about the new proposed flats fishing regulations. That seem to make DIY angling and foreign-owned lodges illegal. We’ve all had our little respective meltdowns and (some of us) are wondering how the heck we’re ever going to afford that next bonefish. To Whom it May Concern,. I am wri...

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Casting REV Challenge – FLATSWALKER

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Category : Casting REV Challenge. Category : Casting REV Challenge. Jun 16 ,2015 Casting REV Challenge. Fly Casting REVup Challenge: #7. 8220;Beat the Wind! Use Your FULL Double-Haul.”. This is a more advanced tip, but still comes back to basic principles of casting, namely: Slack is the Enemy! Jun 7 ,2015 Casting REV Challenge. Fly Casting REV Challenge: #6. 8220;Avoid Shoulder Injury: Keep Your Elbow Close.”. Good movement equals good results. That’s our basic premise for this series. The good news is ...