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About fishing the warmest parts of the world

Tight Line Shrimp

Shrimpin': A go to shrimp fly for tailing redfish from Laguna Madre based fly fisherman Roy Lopez. Easy to tie and perfect for the reds as well as a bunch of other species.
See how to tie it here

Uncharted Waters Q&A

Answers: We contacted the team behind the video Uncharted Waters and asked them some questions. Read their replies and learn what drove them and how the trip and the DVD came to be.
Read the interview here
Directly to "Itu's Bones Q&A"

Itu's Bones Q&A
Directly to "Itu's Bones"

Itu's Bones
Go to "Essential Saltwater Flies"

Essential Saltwater Flies
Find "Casting At Shadows " on this page

Casting At Shadows

Jump to "Bastard Crab"

Bastard Crab
Go to "Meko Special"

Meko Special
Find "Bonefish Fly Patterns" here

Bonefish Fly Patterns
Jump to "Easy Fishing Florida Keys"

Easy Fishing Florida Keys
Read more on "Tarpon fly fishing"

Tarpon fly fishing
Click to see "Craig Bertram Smith"

Craig Bertram Smith
Find "Sailfish on the Fly" here

Sailfish on the Fly
Skip to "Bonefish - a fishing odyssey"

Bonefish
Videos with "Tropical - About fishing the warmest parts of the world" - More videos
WhereWiseMenFish in Cuba
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Cuba is the absolute mecca of saltwater fly-fishing destinations in the Caribbean. A taster of what to expect from a split week at Las Salinas in the south and Cayo Paredon/Romano in the Jardines de le Rey to the north.
Christmas Island Fly Fishing
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WhereWiseMenFish in Belize
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Nice tropical fishing
Bones and GT's
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Lured (pun intended) by the promise of uncrowded waves I spent a week on Christmas Island (Kiritimati) ... one of several in the small island chain of Republic of Kiribati. Instead of waves I found bonefishing meca, a fact apparently known by the well geared flyfishing 'tribe'.

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Spring is in the Air
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A spring teaser to help you all get in the mood and crawl out of your holes. Brought to you by the folks at Smith Optics and colorblindmedia.com Music by The Black Angels
Another Broken Fly Rod
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Just got this CPX replaced last week - love lifetime warranties! Sight fishing bream on a new beach near Camel Flat. This one is definitely not a walk-in. Lots of really shady nap spots.
Christmas Island (Kiritimati) Giant Trevally Fly Fishing
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A time to remember, 6 days on the worlds largest coral atoll fly fishing for Trevally, Bones, Wahoo, Yellowfin and more.
Guides gone crazy
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FlyCastaway guides Tim Babich, Scot DeBruyn and Nick Clewlow sampling thier back yard!
Re-DRUM - Fly Fishing for Redfish throughout Florida
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A Skinny Water Culture and Long Rod Athletes Production.
Watch as we target redfish with a fly rod throughout the state of Florida. From Flamingo Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Park, Indian River Lagoon, Mosquito Lagoon to Tampa Bay. With a few other species (tarpon, snook, black drum, sea trout) that decided to join in.

Filmed by Dan Decibel, Eric Estrada, and Warren Chin. Edited by Eric Estrada with input from Dan Decibel and Warren Chin.

Special Thanks to Strongarm Products, SkinnySkiff.com, and TackleWebs.

Filmed with:
Nikon D3100 - 50mm 1.8D

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Fly-fishing Christmas Island
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A promo outlining just some of the wonderful fishing and scenery that Christmas Island (Kiribati) has to offer the fly fisherman. Filmed on location on the remote Pacific atoll by Jonathan Tomlinson in association with Fly Odyssey. If you want to Know more about this trip and hundreds of others on offer then please contact Mat Mchugh on 01621 743711 or go to flyodyssey.co.uk Edited by Jonathan Tomlinson, a Smokin Drag Production http://unchartedwatersthefilm.com
Arabian Pompano
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A solo kayak fishing trip to a remote stretch of coast in south-central Oman. Lots of baby camels, followed by a beautiful morning with fresh brewed coffee, a Garrison Keillor podcast, and gentle surf. After breakfast, I set off with kayak and an eight weight to troll small clouser patterns for pompano. It was a perfect weekend!
Fraser Island - Promo Video
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Pretty exciting preview of a video from Queensland, Australia about shallow water fishing for tuna and marlin
Bonefish
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The real bonefishing
Wading Turks
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A DIY bonefish trip to turks and caicos
Turks and Caicos Fly Fishing
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Just another day on the flats. No fish could ever replace the bonefish. That being said it can be fun to target these over looked species of the shallows. It is amazing to see how different a fight a blacktip shark dishes versus one from the cuts and bluewater. Its almost as if the two are different species. Blacktips of the flat are bulldogs. Blacktips of the deep are complete athletes. Still these bulldogs put up a fun fight!
Turks and Caicos Bonefishing
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An afternoon fish hunt aboard the bone collector. Sam's 7lb bonefish was the highlight. With a lemon shark seen moments earlier, we decided to focus on a safe release rather then digging out the video camera below deck. We hope to begin tagging these bonefish, to help better understand how often a released fish discharging pheromones will become lunch once in deeper water on the low tide. Satellite tags on mature bonefish is the next step in learning about these prehistory ghosts of the flats. On these particular conditions we had a full moon high tide and wind working together.

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Turks and Caicos Fly Fishing Sharks
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Snuck out for an hour or so this afternoon. Perfect tide to jump some black tips. Nothing like bowing to a somersaulting fish. Its a amazing to see how powerful these fish are. I spotted three fish in all. The feed consisted of two sharks duking it out for the fly. http://onehookup.blogspot.com/
Bonefish Fly Fishing Cozumel, Mexico
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Stalking a tailing bonefish, excerpt from Fly fishing Bonefish in Cozumel. Fished with Nacho and Alberto awesome guides from bonefishcozumel.com As we close in on the bonefish, wind picks up and a fast moving squall is approaching. Looking forward to going back soon. For more information visit: http://bonefishcozumel.com

Everglades Redfish
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A quick clip of a redfish caught in the Everglades. Fly fishing from a BOTE HD sup. If you like it feel free to share it and let me know. For more check out the SWC Blog at http://skinnywaterculture.com/blog and follow on Instagram @tex_chris_lewis and @skinnywaterculture
365 Days in 365 Seconds
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The 2012 season from my perspective.
Music Credit:
"First Breath After Coma"
Explosions in the Sky

About "Tropical - About fishing the warmest parts of the world" from Blog Creek – GFF's weblog
· Heads or tails - If this permit video trailer turns into a DVD, I'm on the preorder list!
· Florida bound - It's not a fishing vacation, but there are rods in the luggage!
· Wheee! - Why are we using a rod?

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 Go to Nervous Water DVD
Nervous Water DVD
Four full films, ten short films and a collection of the best clips entitled "fish porn". All collected by RA Beattie who has been scooting around the globe and has compiled more than three hours of fishing video spanning Alaska, NZ, Slovenia, the US - even New Guinea! A beautiful production and more than worth its 25 bucks price tag,
  
 Go to Clear Water
Clear Water
We all love these shots of stunningly clear water. Streams, lakes even the ocean can appear almost ethereal in the way that the bottom is visible in your shot. How do you best shoot these images, which let's the freshness and clarity of the water come out in the final picture?
  
 Go to Fly Fishing for Bonefish
Fly Fishing for Bonefish
This classical bonefish book from 1992 has now been totally revised to reflect the most recent development in bonefishing and has had a well deserved visual overhaul with more color photos and a very nice layout. The book is very hands on and practical in its approach.
  
 Go to The Search
The Search
Five NZ friends have obviously been surfing Google Maps too much, circling small spots in French Polynesia indicating probable bonefish spots. In spite of the improvisational philosophy of this project, the chances taken and the somewhat random events that are chained together in this film, it's become an excellent production.
  
 Go to Running down the man
Running down the man
Extremely short, but very entertaining story about a bunch of half crazy anglers that hunt for roosterfish from the beach of the Baja Mexico. Made in a contemporary, fast paced and action filled manner with only little emphasis on facts and fishing methods but a lot of emphasis on the rush of chasing and catching these magnificent fish.
  
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Measuring the temperature
Is this just for nerds or do you as angler get something out of knowing how accurate you can measure the temperature? For some, knowing the temperature may change the day from a disaster to success.
  
 Go to Sharks!
Sharks!
When two friends go down the road, for a late afternoon fly fishing session on the reefs, and take their #14 and #15 rods... You know that there is something radically wrong, upstairs. This is the story of the two friends Jacques Visser and Jimmy Eagleton who have taken on the South African sharks.
  
 Go to Bob White
Bob White
Bob White is probably best known for his illustrations for John Gierach's long running column in the printed magazine Fly Rod and Reel. Here he tells a bit about how it all started, how he works - and that he also guides and has done so through 27 seasons from south to north, home and abroad.
  
 Go to Vaughn Cochran
Vaughn Cochran
Read about Florida artist, guide and store owner Vaughn Cochran's history and see samples of his beautiful art, which stretches from pop art over impressionsitic scenes to sculptures. Cochran paints and sculpts fish and scenes from his home waters as well as other tropical waters.
  
 Go to The Bahamian Rhapsody II
The Bahamian Rhapsody II
Second part of the Bahamian bonefish joyride as described by The Gang of Four. Join Paul, Tomaz, Ian and Simon on more bonefish fun, a sailboat regatta and lots of good, clean Bahamian fun.
  
 Go to The Bahamian Rhapsody I
The Bahamian Rhapsody I
Go on a bonefishing adventure and catch bones, tarpon, shark and a wealth of other species in the waters of the Bahamas. Tomaz Modic and Paul Slaney tells the story of fish caught and released, lines and rods broken and lots of fun had.
  
 Go to Tigerfish from my Verandah
Tigerfish from my Verandah
When you speak to old timers about fishing for tigerfish on the Zambezi River they will tell you of driving along dirt roads, cutting a path through the forest to get access to the river. Lions still running wild, and while they fished elephants chased anglers away from the bank. This is not how it is today.
  
 Go to Near & Far
Near & Far
GFF partner Martin Joergensen has been lucky enough to fish quite a lot of places in this world, and generally consider himself a well-travelled fly fisher. He feels that he lives up to the name of this site This book makes him humble in that respect.
  
 Go to La Muerte
La Muerte
You need luck, a good guide and skills to catch a tarpon. We can't supply the luck. You'll have to go there to get a good guide. The skill... well, you'll have to hone that yourself. But a good fly pattern, that's something we can help with.
  
 Go to Bonefish biology
Bonefish biology
This small treatise will introduce you to the parts of its natural history, which are most interesting to fly anglers. Learn about the bonefish habitats, their diet and what other things might help you get a better picture of the ghost of the flats.
  
 Go to Boney Flies
Boney Flies
Crazy Charlie, Bonefish Bitters, Bonefish CDC&Elk and more. Some of these bonefish flies are well known, some are close to unknown, but they can all catch bonefish. Martin Joergensen has selected a few and tells the story.
  
 Go to Do's and dont's
Do's and dont's
GFF partner Martin Joergensen offers a few pieces of advice that might bring you nearer the bonefishing Nirvana. You will find traditional advice like "wear sunscreen" and "learn to cast", but also some less ordinary points such as "Don't listen to the guide".
  
 Go to Rising Tide
Rising Tide
"What you got?"
"It's a small one"
The fish is fought to the boat and assessed.
"Eight-pound fish. And this fish is a minnow compared to those fish that we were casting at out there..."
  
 Go to Bonefishing the Flats
Bonefishing the Flats
Craig Mathews usually does Montana and Yellowstone but also knows his bonefish. GFF partner Martin Joergensen writes "This is certainly one of the better DVD's I have watched lately, and definitely the best how-to DVD I have seen on bonefishing."
  
 Go to Fly Fishing Mexico
Fly Fishing Mexico
This book on the Yucatan Peninsula by Argentinian anglers Juan Pablo Reynal and Daniel Beilinson is one of the most beautiful books we have ever reviewed on the Global FlyFisher! The sheer size makes it impressing, but the imagery is just beyond belief.
  
 Go to Fernández Fly-Fishing for Bonefish
Fernández Fly-Fishing for Bonefish
Fernández is definitely one of the grand old men in bonefishing, and although his name is all over the bonefishing community, this is as far as reviewer Martin Joergensen knows his first book as an author.
  
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Fireplace bonefishing
Global FlyFisher partner Martin Joergensen has gone through his shelves and dug out the best books and DVD's on bonefishing he could find.
  
 Go to Life is good
Life is good
Now, this is something! Norwegian Christian Figenschou and his friends Dariusz and Julem's fabulous pictures of bonefishing and their attitude towards fishing fit perfectly into the GFF bonefishing theme.
  
 Go to The ghost and I
The ghost and I
This is a very personal view of bonefishing from a rookie in the game - namely Global FlyFisher partner Martin Joergensen. He has discovered that both he and Lefty Kreh likes bonefishing best, and tries to unveil why they both share this passion with so many others.
  
 Go to Bonefish Theme
Bonefish Theme
This is a first in the Global Flyfisher's history: a theme! This theme is about bonefishing, the hunt for one of the most sought after fish in the world: Albula Vulpes, the white fox or the ghost of the flats.
  
 Go to Pallot´s Memories
Pallot´s Memories
This book reads "Memories, Mangrove and Magic" on the cover, and all that is well represented inside. The book is a beautiful journey in pictures, drawings and text through Flip Pallot's amazing fly-fishing adventures in places that most of us can only dream to go.
  
 Go to Innovative Saltwater Flies
Innovative Saltwater Flies
US based master fly tyer Bob Veverka has gathered together a whole bunch of very creative fly tyers to create a book that will appeal to all fly tyers, not just those who want to chase salty fish.
  
 Go to Rio Piratos
Rio Piratos
Rio Lagartos is a small town on the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico which is an excellent starting point for a tarpon trip. GFF partner Martin Joergensen's trip there didn't bring the big 100 lbs. tarpon, but many decent ones - plus the odd jack and snook.
  
 Go to O'io Boy'o!
O'io Boy'o!
The flats of Oahu in Hawai'i, harbor some of the largest bonefish in the world... although, Hawai'i isn't your typical bonefishing destination. Read why, how to do it and what you will catch
  
 Go to Bumpy Mexico
Bumpy Mexico
GFF partner Martin Joergensen took on the Mexican bonefish during a two week stay in Punta Allen north of Ascension Bay last winter. It wound up being a trip that was bumpy in more than one sense - both on and off the water. But with plenty bonefish.
  
 Go to Bonefish Bitters
Bonefish Bitters
Martin started using the Bonefish Bitters while fishing on his own in Mexico. He writes: "I continued using my Bitters and caught many more fish on them the following days. After two weeks of fishing I felt like a champion and was very satisfied with myself."

  
 Go to Contemporary Saltwater Flies
Contemporary Saltwater Flies
David Klausmeyer is the latest author of a book on tying flies for saltwater fly fishing. His book, Tying Contemporary Saltwater Flies, offers excellent fly tying instruction as well as an impressive reference of fly patterns.
  
 Go to Tough rod!
Tough rod!
You do not get to fish a 12 weight one hand rod every day. GFF partner Martin Joergensen has had the pleasure of field testing a Sirrus 12 wt - an impressing rod at a very good price.
  
 Go to Bonefishing!
Bonefishing!
Randall Kaufmann sets new standards within contemporary fly fishing literature with his masterpiece on bonefishing. GFF partner Martin Joergensen has taken a virtual daydream trip to all the greatest bonefish destinations in the world. Read his review.
  
 Go to Belize it!
Belize it!
Read web site partner Martin Joergensen's report and see the fantastic pictures from his spring trip to Belize after bonefish, tarpon, barracuda, jacks, snappers, permit - and everything else that swims in these warm, turquoise waters.
  
 Go to Belize it! Picture gallery
Belize it! Picture gallery
All the pictures from the article about fly fishing in Belize
  
 Go to Trust me, Mon!
Trust me, Mon!
How would you like a story that features blue sky, clear water, bonefish galore - not to mention The Mother of all hangovers and the greatest fishing spot on the face of this earth? Well, you get it all here in Paul Slaney's fantastic three piece story from the Bahamas. Trust me, Mon!
  
 Go to Chilli Pepper Flies
Chilli Pepper Flies
So you thought that chilli pepper was a small, strong, spicey fruit? Well, it is... but it's also a seemingly popular name for fishing flies. In the past I have come over no less than three patterns with the name Chilli Pepper.