just a quick update on another week gone by.  a couple of mikes checked in from around the island.  nankos mike and mike orr both had successful days on the water at assorted locales.  i spent my day in between fronts out at hickam with doug and josh.  josh is a fellow duck and was actually at the o around the same time that i was there.  he was out charging the slopes while i was flogging the rivers and hanging at the pool hall in the emu (and of course getting a higher education). 

anyway, josh is new to the whole fly fishing in hawaii scene so the three of us went out the other day to see if the bites still on at hickam.  for whatever reason, hickam happens to be one of the more consistent (and not surprisingly more crowded) areas around the island this winter.  lots of rats running around there as well as a few trucks.  the light that day was okay but a little bit tricky.  we did our best to show josh what fish looked like and he did see a few of them as well as some tails.  we managed to hook some fish and josh got to feel first hand just what all the hype is about.  hopefully it was enough to get him to join us in enjoying the quest out on the water.  the guy has been out a number of times, like so many others, fighting for us all to be able to do whatever we do.  i hope, on this day at least, doug and i were able to give just a little bit back.

nankos mike and a k bay bone.

michael orr at hi kai.

the thunder stealing cowboy vest man with the first fish of the day.

two ducks and a little hickam rat.

a little bigger rat... and yes josh is alot bigger than me.

so how many ducks does it take to catch a bonefish?  apparently the answer is two... oh yeah and a cardinal.  good times.

clay.