9/30/09

updated hawaii bonefish report:

the nwff crew with guests ted and two dentists from no cal.

 

since i last checked in, i spent a bunch of days on the water fishing bonefish.  started the week at sand island trying out the new sage xi3.  just went out for about an hour.  hooked a good fish that managed to wreck me in the coral.

 

another fabulous rod from sage.  the first thing i noticed when i picked up the new xi3 was how light the rod is.  the xi3 is extra fast and generates ridiculous line speeds while retaining the feel which makes for easy and pleasurable casting.  i was surprised at the amount of feedback i got from it with only thirty feet of line out.  the rod made deadly accurate short casts and launched bombs with ease.  where this rod really shines is casting straight up into the wind, which those in the know know is critical to fly fishing success around here.

 

shtanky...

 

good.

 

spent three other days on the water with a good buddy of mine ted.  i didn’t fish on those days just tried to keep ted in fish.  he ended up going 6 fish out of seven hook ups doing the oahu flats circuit.  e.t. came out with us on one of the days and conked three fish himself.

 

 

a happy ted.

 

sean checked in with some photos of a nice fatty he got over at kbay on monday.  he fished a sage z-axis 9wt. and a hatch 7-plus reel.

 

 

sean reports, “despite the difficult weather, the fish are still here. You just need to make the most of the opportunities you're given.”

 

yesterday i ended the day at hickam with deano, diver dean, and two dentists here for the dental conference (jeff and garrett).  garrett got his first bonefish ever and we hooked a couple others.  the water was kind of weird possibly effects from the tsunami earlier in the day.  e.t. checked in and his clients for the day also hooked a bunch of fish.  jeff and garrett are out with e.t. today so we shall see what happens.  i also got the report from jay, he’s also reporting fair numbers of fish although he’s bummed because someone stole his outboard motor from his car.  c’mon man that’s so totally uncool... why gotta be like that?

 

jeff and garrett enjoying a chill hickam evening session.

 

i guess the long and short of it is that overall the ridicu-bite of summer is slowly dwindling as the fish start going into their fall habits.  all signs point to a really good fall season.  this is hawaii, and there’s always fish somewhere and as it’s been all my life around here, you’ll never really know unless you go.  good times.

 

clay.


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