While Sammy probably finds himself somewhere over the North Atlantic Ocean on his return home, I remain in Dubai with my great friend Nick Bowles, founder of Ocean Active Fly, and his family.  It was 2014 that we met and started fly fishing Dubai together.  We hit it off so well I moved into his house after that very first day.  Now I stay with the Bowles family every time I pass through Dubai and we fish for queenfish.

Today Nick and I planned to hit the waters but wouldn’t you know, there was high wind warning and we couldn’t get out in his boat.  With all the bad weather I’ve seen the last few weeks I could only laugh.  Instead of fishing I cleaned much of my gear of salt and sand on Nick’s lawn.  Along with getting my tackle in order, I caught up on emails and blogs.

Nick had work to do also.  We edited and exchanged photos from Southern Oman.  Man we got some good ones!  And we hit one of Nicks favorite lunch spots, Ravi Palace Restaurant.

Tonight is my last night of the trip so we lit up Nicks grill and had a nice sit outside steak dinner.  I head for home late tomorrow night.  This gives us a chance to cross our fingers the wind settles and we can get out tomorrow morning before I leave.  We’ll see.  The way the weather has been since day one in the Seychelles I won’t get my hopes up.

Jeff Currier Global Fly Fishing