Category Archives: *Recycle
Poonfroggin
It's already plenty warm by 6:00 AM. The hot pink band hugging the horizon and lighting up the water foreshadows the brain-baking heat that will be here any minute. It's going to be another brutally calm day in the Florida Keys. We're poling quietly down the...
Hard Driving
By Jason Tucker "A little humor folks" It’s Friday at last. You have worked hard, saved up, finagled the time off from job and family obligations for this trip and now it’s here. The bite is on, the vehicle is loaded and you are making the long trek...
Dealing With Stuck Ferrules, the Smart Way
Years of fishing bamboo rods taught me one thing for sure. Stuck ferrules are as unavoidable as the occasional skunk and that holds true for graphite. Sometimes it's avoidable but often it's not. What is totally avoidable is damaging your rod in the process of...
The Beginner’s Advice on Casting for Bonefish
John Byron, The Bonefish Beginner Just finished three week in the Bahamas chasing big bonefish with Louis Cahill, proprietor of this blog. Great trip, hampered only by my inability to cast well to good shots. I got slightly better, learned a few things, but frustrated myself far...
Unhook Thyself! Safe, Painless Hook Removal
IF YOU'VE BEEN THINKING, "I LOVE GINK AND GASOLINE BUT I WISH IT COULD BE MORE LIKE JACKASS", THEN TODAY IS THE DAY YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE! There are two kinds of fishermen. The ones who have hooked themselves and the ones who are about to....