Today was our final day. Before anyone headed out after breakfast, we got our group photo. This is a hearty crew of good anglers. Not one person took a day off from 14 straight days of fishing the flats here at St. Brandon’s Atoll on my Yellow Dog Flyfishing hosted trip. My last day … Read more
Everyone’s showing the wear and tear of a dozen straight hardcore flats fishing days this morning. But the end is in sight. We have two more days. And tired or not, there wasn’t a single one in this Yellow Dog St. Brandon’s group that wasn’t going for the gusto no matter what today. I … Read more
With the St. Brandon’s Atoll bonefishing as spectacular as it was yesterday, we had to go back to Boneyard Flat again. All four boats returned together promptly after breakfast. I fished with guide Juan again and my fishing partner was Heath. We came out of the gates on fire and things never eased until lunchtime. … Read more
Fishing has tested us the last three days. We had the poacher incident shorten a day. We had the tropical storm that ate up a complete morning. And the last three days have just plain been tough for most of us. A bonefish fix for everyone in the group was in order. I mean like … Read more
I’m not sure what Dave Moeller did yesterday to earn the chili suit but he wore it with pride. I think he tripped and took a dunk while wading. I fished with Dave and guide Jarryd today. Unfortunately, our travel was restricted again to fishing within a couple miles from the lodge due to the … Read more
Due to the uncomfortable confrontation with poachers yesterday, FlyCastaway had to make a difficult decision overnight. After reporting not only the poaching but also our skirmish to the Mauritius Coast Guard, we were asked to fish within a couple miles of the lodge today and not venture anywhere near where we saw the bad guys. … Read more
Today marked the start of the second half of my Yellow Dog hosted trip here on St. Brandon’s Atoll. Therefore the fishing rotation started over again and I was back with friend Mike Brennan from Jackson Hole. Our guide was Jarryd and we went to Pauly’s Island where yesterday we saw a ton of Indo-Pacific … Read more
I was with Jono again today and my fishing partner was another of my buddies who travels with me regularly, Jeff Smith. I don’t think Jeff has ever missed one of my hosted Yellow Dog trips and he’ll be with me in Bhutan this November. Jono was decked out in the chili suit today for … Read more
It was during the Covid. The fall of 2020. I got the fully paid invite to join our Team USA Fly Fishing sponsor Jerry Arnold to Casa Blanca Lodge in the Yucatan in Mexico. The flats were well rested thanks to the pandemic and fishing was off the hook. I was blogging up a storm … Read more
With 14 days of fishing here on St. Brandon’s Atoll I’ll get to fish with everyone on my hosted trip twice. Today was my first time out with Heath Marston. Heath, like Bob Ylagan from day two, was a late addition to this trip and a rare angler to get on my trip completely unknow. … Read more
So it was back to back days with guide Matt and today’s fishing partner was Morgan O’Brien from Ireland here at St. Brandon’s Atoll. Morgan joined my Gabon trip last year and we hit it off. He’s with me not only this trip this year but he’ll also join me in Bhutan this November. We … Read more
Day three here at St. Brandon’s Atoll I had the pleasure of fishing with Dave Moeller. Dave has been going on my Yellow Dog trips for years now. He’s been on several of my Seychelles adventures and was on my Gabon trip last year. He’s accomplished many saltwater fly fishing goals from landing big GTs … Read more