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A New Menace Fish

Our last day drive north with Josh and Aussie Fly Fishers was lively.  We had a wallaby barely clear the front of the truck.  Later in the ride we saw two dashing kangaroos cross.  We spotted more animals from afar that we weren’t sure of.  Perhaps a feral pig and a dingo.  The aggressive controlled … Read more

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Grateful for Golden Trevally

We are having a blast here in Cape York Australia fishing with Aussie Fly Fishers crew.  We’ve caught a lot of fish.  Just about everything but the Anak permit.  We came close yesterday to landing an Anak but in the end the beautiful fish came unbuttoned.   We fished north again which meant an hour … Read more

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Trevally Varieties on the Australian Flats

Josh Hutchins of Aussie Fly Fishers took Granny and I north of Weipa today an hour up the west side of Cape York.  It was an extra early 6 AM departure that began on a fun dusty drive that involved dodging a couple kangaroos and ferrule pigs.  The bird life was lively as we passed … Read more

A Yellow Permit Hangover

After today it’s obvious the bonefish gods are mad at me.  I’m being punished for passing up easy opportunities to catch bones when I was hot on the yellow permit pursuit.  I’m definitely suffering from a permit hangover.  In 48 hours I haven’t caught a single bonefish here at St. Branon’s Atoll – possibly the … Read more

End Big and Fly Home – A Golden Last Day Fishing Dubai

It wasn’t the end of the world not fishing yesterday.  Cameron, Granny and I traveled from Musandam back to Dubai in the morning.  We got to Nick Bowles house and relaxed.  We visited the spice market, fish market and Nicks Ocean Active fishing shop then I caught up on the blog.  Then I did my … Read more