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07/24/09

hawaii bonefish:

the deano report and "lost" brian, hawaii bonefish, and the surf rod

 

not much to report today.   been busy with shtuff and haven’t been out in a week (i apologize to the good peeps, but things should be more back on track now).  so deano sent me a report “bumming on the big island”  (http://bigisland-bonefish808.blogspot.com) on his recent return to the bigetty bigs.

 

i got a chance to get out today with e.t. and “lost” brian.  we went out to ke’ehi to see what was what.  we spent quite a bit of time searching for mantis shrimp holes, but could find none of the gigantor mantis holes.  it was a good break from the bonefish grind and i thoroughly enjoyed it and will probably be doing it more in the future.

 

later i got a chance to introduce brian to two hand overhead casting.  we used the beulah 7/8 surf rod (www.beulahflyrods.com).  brian quickly saw the potential of this rod to go beyond fishing the flats for bonefish that most fly fishermen in hawaii think fly fishing here is limited to.  brian hooked two bonefish.  we hooked one on the reef special (of course) and the other on an orange prototype charlie like fly.  unfortunately, fighting fish in gnarly reef/surf conditions also takes some getting used to and the bonefish were lost to the unrelenting reef.  i could tell by watching the fight that they were both good fish.

 

e.t. stayed on the inside, hooked two bonefish and landed one.  as usual he was ten billion miles away from us (man that guy can move) and i didn’t get any photos.

 

all in all a pretty slow day (for fishing and blogging) as i kind of expected from the reports from jay earlier in the week.  thanks e.t. and “lost” brian for another fun day on the water.  brian, good to get out with you again bro.  it’s been such a long time.  hopefully we’ll get out many more times before you disappear again.  i can’t wait to get back to kauai again and see what the two handed rods can do on brian’s home waters. good times.

 

"lost" brian launching some bombs with the beulah 7/8 surf rod.

 

clay.


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