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    Giles Goes Bonefishing 2014

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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      This is a first.

      Queuing for security.  4 Policemen handcuffed to 4 felons with 2 armed outriders jumped the queue.  I did not argue….

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • SeulS
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        😉

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        • rocketR
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          ;D….

          rocketrocksrox 🤙🏼🤙🏾

          It's all humbug, like everywhere
          R.I.P. Geo

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          • Madame ButtonflyM
            Madame Buttonfly
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            Giles is currently without internet access on his Bahamian island (surprise, surprise!)  In his words it's apparently "up and down like a tart's knickers", so he may get online at some point.

            In the meantime, if you need to contact Giles please copy me or Matt on PMs or emails so that you don't get ignored.

            Allegedly he did catch some fish yesterday, and christened his dog tag spinner, so let's hope for some pics soon.

            AKA Mrs G

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            • seawolfS
              seawolf
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              Yep. We'll be needing some pics.

              “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

              @zeebeeleather

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              • Madame ButtonflyM
                Madame Buttonfly
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                Just spoke to G, he's having a fine time but frustrated about lack of internet, says he's got some great photos he's gagging to share with us  😠

                @Finn - apparently you owe him a beer or two!

                AKA Mrs G

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                • S
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                  Am sure he's jonesing for a fix. He's more habitually addicted to the internet than most of us :). Serves him right going somewhere with shitty internet and having a wonderful time 😘

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                  • GilesG
                    Giles
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                    I have connectivity.

                    So "Come to Papa" does work…

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    • trail and arrowT
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                      i am sooooooo jealous!

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                      • Madame ButtonflyM
                        Madame Buttonfly
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                        Nice to see you at last, gorgeous (and G's not looking too bad) x

                        AKA Mrs G

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                        • GilesG
                          Giles
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                          The modified "Come to Papa"

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • GilesG
                            Giles
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                            And this is what a Cuda does to the float when it hits the float not the lure…

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            • GilesG
                              Giles
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                              After I had my Cuda, we cruised past a larger one.  It was Jims turn (bastardo)…

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • J
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                                Reminds me of home 😘 I really miss being offshore

                                Bourbon: because living in Kentucky just makes you want to drink

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                                • Finn666F
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                                  @Madame:

                                  @Finn - apparently you owe him a beer or two!

                                  pretty much looks like it 😃 fucking A. congrats G.!

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                                  • AetasA
                                    Aetas
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                                    Toothy!

                                    Hi G, what is the effect of your modification?

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                                    • DanielAFCD
                                      DanielAFC
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                                      Thanks for sharing the great photos. The teeth of those bad boys are vicious

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                                      • FridayF
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                                        wish i was there.. fabulous catch…

                                        Tough, heavy and ready! = IRON HEART

                                        ~Shinici Haraki~

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                                        • GilesG
                                          Giles
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                                          Stalking Bonefish.

                                          I know there is a small group of Bones up in this creek.  Impossible to follow them in because if a hooked fish goes into the Mangroves, then I won’t be taking that particular fly home with me.  So I wait patiently here for them to come out, the tide is ebbing, so they will have to move into deeper water at some point.  I have upped my tippet to 15lb and adjusted the drag on my reel to super heavy, both in an attempt to hold a hooked fish from busting me in the mangroves.  Now it is a waiting game.  Phillip is on the boat about 50yards behind me so as not to spook the fish.

                                          Success.  A group of 3 snuck down the left hand side of the channel and I intercepted them with a fly that imitates a small shrimp.

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            Cuda modified “Come to Papa”.

                                            Cuda of about 50lbs which we had stalked, hit this like it was going to be its last meal.

                                            Cuda 1, “Come to Papa” nil.  The new hole in the lure is Cuda tooth.  One of the reasons you never put any part of you close to a Cudas mouth….

                                            And that is what he did to a 55lb trace…

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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