I have to slap myself to believe I’ve been saltwater fly fishing for five straight weeks out of Dubai, Sudan and Oman. This has been no less than insane. No doubt there were ups and downs and fishing overall was tough. But saltwater fly fishing is always tough especially when you go this far from home.
A very sincere thanks to Tourette – Fight it in Africa for bringing me back to Sudan, Nick Bowles and Ocean Active for providing all the great fishing in Dubai and giving Granny and I the opportunity to fish Musandam, Oman and to our new friends Ray and Kerry Montoya who not only gave us great advice on self-travel in Oman but also loaned us all the camping gear to do it.
Last but not least, one can’t fish the ocean for five weeks without the best gear in the world. Thanks very much R.L. Winston, Simms Fishing Products, Scientific Anglers, Abel and Ross Reels!
Here are a few more photos from the trip
Granny with a nice talang queenfish from Dubai
Crab fly pattern for largespot pompano
Osprey living in Strait of Hormuz
Jumping queenfish!
A remote road in Musandam, Oman
Nick Bowles of Ocean Active still battling his queenfish
Hundreds of hours and many late nights to keep up with this blog!
Parrotfish on the fly
Granny sleeping in missing the morning beach walk for permit
Golden trevally – one of eleven new species caught this trip
Partying down in Dubai last night
Hi Jeff:
I really enjoyed your reports from the Middle East. Sounds like quite an adventure!
When are you coming to Michigan, and where will you be fishing?
Safe travels back to Idaho.
Jim
Jeff,
Enjoyed reading all the blogs and watching your adventure(s) unfold from Colorado. Great work!!
Glad you guys enjoyed it! Fisher, I get to MI June 12 but I’m a guest of the SA factory and doing some smallie filming for their web. Not sure where we are fishing
This was daily reading for me. Excellent adventure! Hope to see you for the 50th .