I just spent last week flyfishing for bones in the Bahamas. There were two others from this WAFF list, Gene Gudger and Earl Harper, along with eight other guys from Portland, who were on the trip with us last year to Ascension Bay. Gene also brought his girlfriend Marcia on her first bonefish trip. It's a testament to their great guide, Paul Pinder, that she outfished us all. The trip was arranged by Countrysport Ltd. in Portland and we all stayed at Rickmon Bonefish Lodge in Sandy Point. Sandy Point is a small lobster fishing village on the southern tip of Abaco Island. The Bahamians were absolutely cool and the guides, Kendall, Ricardo (the owner of the lodge), Ferdinand, Patrick and Paul all grew up fishing the local waters and are the best. The weather was warm and not too hot and not too windy. We had only one funky weather day and it was on the last day when, of course, we would have all liked to finish the trip with a bang. We caught bonefish that ranged between four and seven pounds. We all lost big fish to the mangroves and long-released many others. We didn't even count the three and four pounders that we were bragging about a year ago at Pesca Maya. And we cast to many singles, doubles, schools and tailing fish that aren't counted on the hooked list but are counted on the hold-your-breath list. I wanted to get this quick little report to you in case some of you wanted to drown your sorrow over the lost wild steelhead season in a warm place where you don't wear fleece and neoprene and can see just how fast 150 yards of backing can melt off your reel. Earl is processing and scanning his 30 rolls of film and I am getting some words together. When we're finished, we'll post a report onto the website. Leland.
