The midges.

It was good to fly with an empty stomach!

Tonight I am feeling better, finally. Blew some serious chunks down there.

bruce h

"bruiser" wrote in message
...
It was good to fly with an empty stomach!

Tonight I am feeling better, finally. Blew some serious chunks down
there.

bruce h


OK....WTF, over......you and Willi and rw and Charlie have all posted since
you guys got home from your Keys Klave, so where's the durn damn trip
reports?

Danl

"Danl" wrote in message
you guys got home from your Keys Klave, so where's the durn damn trip
reports?


Here's the short report (and you'll probably figure out why we haven't
posted TRs):

We got smoked.

And the slightly longer version:

We kayaked and waded all over the Keys. RW and I spent one day with the
guide we all met at Rock Crick. All of us together caught fewer fish than I
expected any one of us to catch in one day, and we didn't give up for 6
days. Well, since I was sick I puked most of the last day and only fished a
little.

We do know our way around the Keys a little though and we know where there
are beautiful hard bottom flats that you can wade in several places,
including a couple of really cool, more primitive looking flats that are
away from the highway a little. We paddled and waded to some really cool
places and saw some great stuff - turtles, rays, birds, sharks, baitfish,
etc. And I had a blast hanging out with RW, Willi, and Charlie Choc as
usual.

The fishing was really tough though and I need a lot more practice spotting
bonefish and the other spooky critters out there. And my pinpoint accuracy
at 65 feet in the wind leaves a bit to be desired also.

bruce h

bruiser wrote:
"Danl" wrote in message

you guys got home from your Keys Klave, so where's the durn damn trip
reports?



Here's the short report (and you'll probably figure out why we haven't
posted TRs):

We got smoked.

Bruce is too modest to mention that he was the only one to catch
bonefish -- two, in fact. One of them was a trophy fish of about 10 pounds.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

On Tue, 04 May 2004 04:07:19 GMT, rw
wrote:

Bruce is too modest to mention that he was the only one to catch
bonefish -- two, in fact. One of them was a trophy fish of about 10 pounds.

I put a picture of that one on abpf a couple of days ago.
--
Charlie...

rw wrote:

Bruce is too modest to mention that he was the only one to catch
bonefish -- two, in fact. One of them was a trophy fish of about 10 pounds.

No one has yet mentioned that Willi hooked a tarpon off the White St.
Pier in Key West at night, under the pier lights, and had it on for at
least two jumps. That was pretty awesome.

We went back the next night in a freshening wind :-) and saw nothing. So
it goes.

My most vivid memory of a fish was when we were hanging out in our
kayaks in the channel of the big muddy flat. A shark about as long as my
kayak, which I saw coming from about 100 yards away, turned for my fly
and my heart stopped a beat.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

On Tue, 04 May 2004 17:34:45 GMT, rw
wrote:

No one has yet mentioned that Willi hooked a tarpon off the White St.
Pier in Key West at night, under the pier lights, and had it on for at
least two jumps. That was pretty awesome.

It jumped 3 times, and it was really cool. I'd guess maybe a 30-40#
fish. Willi sure had a big grin. g
--
Charlie...

That Tarpon was electrifying. We were all wondering what Willi would have
done if it hadn't come off after three jumps.

bruce h

On Mon, 3 May 2004 20:59:32 -0700, "bruiser"
wrote:

We do know our way around the Keys a little though

It was interesting going to some places in the Keys I hadn't been to
before. Most of them were pretty cool, but I think I'll go back to
camping where I normally do rather than the Tiki Bar parking lot I was
in this time. g
--
Charlie...

bruiser wrote:
"Danl" wrote in message

you guys got home from your Keys Klave, so where's the durn damn trip
reports?



Here's the short report (and you'll probably figure out why we haven't
posted TRs):

We got smoked.

Very true with the exception of your ability to catch Bonefish in ways
that are supposed to be impossible. Although incompetance surely played
a role, our lack of success wasn't due to a lack of effort.



And the slightly longer version:

We kayaked and waded all over the Keys.

Even though the lack of fish was disappointing, I had a good time and
had a number of new experiences.

Here's a cool Acrobat slide show of Bruce's big bonefish that Charley
made. LARGE file. Music included if you have the newest Acrobat.

http://www.crystalglen.net/Fishing/050404.htm

Willi