It’s March 2nd, and although there are piles of snow around the northeast, and it’s cold out; the sun sets later, rises earlier, and the sprouts of the daffodils and the primrose are showing themselves. That is a sentence with a lot of punctuation…
Why bother to talk about spring, after all, aren’t we supposed to be living in the moment? Sure, OK, I can try to do that, but I’ve just unpacked from a weeklong bonefishing trip in the Bahamas. The trip was sponsored by Concord Outfitters, and on board from Mass Women Fly Fishers were Melissa Winstanley, Jen Hall, Erica Wheeler and me. It was a great trip with some bonefish, barracuda & lemon sharks. There was the biggest bonefish ever seen (was it really a bonefish?), a gigantic barracuda (or was it a bonefish?), shark attacks (kinda sorta), spooky fish, frolicking fish, popular guides, less popular guides, Melissa’s Flat (formerly Big Flat), leaky boats, skinny boats, broken push poles, self guided poling methods devised, and a big ring around the moon that has yet to be explained. But that was then.
Back here on the Cape, I enjoy seeing the signs of late winter and very early spring because it is these signs that foretell that the stripers might be heading this way again soon!
Why bother to talk about spring, after all, aren’t we supposed to be living in the moment? Sure, OK, I can try to do that, but I’ve just unpacked from a weeklong bonefishing trip in the Bahamas. The trip was sponsored by Concord Outfitters, and on board from Mass Women Fly Fishers were Melissa Winstanley, Jen Hall, Erica Wheeler and me. It was a great trip with some bonefish, barracuda & lemon sharks. There was the biggest bonefish ever seen (was it really a bonefish?), a gigantic barracuda (or was it a bonefish?), shark attacks (kinda sorta), spooky fish, frolicking fish, popular guides, less popular guides, Melissa’s Flat (formerly Big Flat), leaky boats, skinny boats, broken push poles, self guided poling methods devised, and a big ring around the moon that has yet to be explained. But that was then.
Back here on the Cape, I enjoy seeing the signs of late winter and very early spring because it is these signs that foretell that the stripers might be heading this way again soon!
By the way, the beautiful flies in the picture are tied by Leslie Wrixon. This is a collection of her flies which she assembled specifically for Bahamas bonefish. Leslie's flies are available for sale individually or packaged for specific destinations. You can contact Leslie thru MWFF or thru me.
