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Thanks guys. Played golf with the busted digit yesterday. Dr. Said 4 to 6 weeks, which I interpreted to mean 2. Possibly a over reach on my part.

https://juststumblingthroughlife.com/2016/07/08/i-fall-down-a-lot/

The owner said they are trying to find ways to educate governments on how to reduce plastic in the water. Uphill battle in 3rd world countries. He'll, uphill battle in first world countries.

It was a riot watching all the fish chase. The mackerel were the funnest. I literally could not strip fast enough until I would get close to the boat, use the rod to rip the clouser, then boom. I also had a shot at a big jack, twice actually but both times little Jacks beat him to it!

A fishing love story. https://juststumblingthroughlife.com/2016/05/31/a-study-in-ineptitude/

Reef fish we caught and my brothers tarpon http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160527_082908_zpsdhvzcily.jpg~original http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160527_0832460_zps8umaz13k.jpg~original http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160527_082912_zpsvhysnx5n.jpg~original http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160527_083640_zpsgg7eynko.jpg~original http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160527_083658_zps3mmztnnc.jpg~original http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160526_130331_zpsloe37zfx.jpg~original http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160527_0712050_zpsccwahpiy.jpg~original http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160526_122035_zpsz0xuewyq.jpg~original My brother, sister and brother in law along with guides Noawell and Bert http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160526_090632_zpskomf3co6.jpg~original Bert getting bait http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160528_105718-1_zpswpzyug4q.jpg~original Business end of a cuda caught on a lure. Hooked 2 on the fly rod, watched both of them take. 1 cut me off and one just threw the hook http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/13321709_10153968722223880_5953508880315766625_n_zpswjgw3aqv.jpg~original Trigger fish. Got a few of these on shrimp patterns. Fun, but they destroy flies http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160528_105723_zpscqk16vkb.jpg~original My biggest cuda http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/13332762_10153968722173880_1500416068085464668_n_zpstjd6kaco.jpg~original Queen Parrot fish

Picture this: You are walking down a rocky flat next to a barrier reef. The water is ankle deep and there is a bunch of exposed rock mixed into the shallows. You see a group of tails just outside of casting distance off to your left just as you guide says "bonefish at 1 o'clock". You look to the right and spot them and say "I've got a group on the left that is closer." You start to move that way. crunch some shell, and spook a third group you didn't see right in front of you and they spook. As does the group on the left, the group on the right, because it's really just one group. Of several hundred fish. "Holy *hit" you say, and your guide says, just stay still, they'll regroup. And they do. You realize your problem isn't going to be finding fish, the problem is how to cast to one "group" without spooking all the other fish around. Not a bad problem to have. Have I mentioned the permit yet? The one's up to 20 lbs? Who love to turn on your flies but never actually take in some perverse mix of beauty and evil? How about the tarpon you are going to see while snorkeling. Or under the dock, causing you to toss your fly by hand under the dock to try to get a take. Or the group chasing sardines and glass minnows in the lagoons. The HUGE barracuda. Like diving or snorkeling? Those are maybe better than the fishing. I got a bunch of bones, never hooked a permit, watched my brother land a tarpon. I caught bones, cuda, spanish macks, trigger fish, parrot fish, snapper, grouper and some others I can't remember. Almost all of them either sight casted or watching them chase and take. One time with my brother in the water snorkelling and watching the fish chase my clouser. Endless opportunities for fish, all day long. What could be better? The beer, the food, the company. The staff. The pace. It was ok. Here are a bunch of pictures: http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160523_185643_zps6hyunkon.jpg~original The Bar http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160523_185731_zpsfrkk7bet.jpg~original The people http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160528_065919_zpsnaiv34jo.jpg~original The Gear http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160523_150705_zpswhouygit.jpg~original The flats http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160523_081814_zpsp7jq6gag.jpg~original Hooked up on my first bone (or maybe my second!) http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160523_0818490_zpsccxohzsa.jpg~original The Result http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160523_133017-1_zpseo62ivie.jpg~original Off to some more flats http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160523_142100_zpsv3l81rql.jpg~original To get this http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160523_215938_zpsxeojai5t.jpg~original Goofing around at night http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo1/rreevesr1/20160525_071904_zpsf9ggufyh.jpg~original Last Bonefish, 10 minutes before the boat leaves. Apparently I don't know how to do pictures any more.....

Though it starts off looking like a fishing post, it is more a travel log, food review, and commentary on my 1 week in Texas. What will follow is my trip to Belize, which is loaded with fishing..... https://juststumblingthroughlife.com/2016/05/25/just-stumbling-through-texas/

A little over 24 hours for round 1. Float trip is at $325, Jasper trip is at $100 (to fish for big brookies and rainbows in rhe mountains) and Jerky prize package at $30 (a $150 value). And to pitch my own trip a bit, here are a couple of rainbows 24" and over I've caught this week. Remember, you get a tax receipt for all donations!

Thanks Chris. A fella can almost hear the crickets. ....

Auction round 1 is live.

I gots me no nymphs.

Ben is a fantastic guy. And thanks for reminding me I need to order!

Thanks Ray! I'll likely start next week sometime

Thanks Chris!

Thanks guys. I'll probably put something together this week.

Hello everyone, I'm thinking of doing another auction for 2016 for my MS Ride. With all that has happened in Calgary this year, including to myself, I thought I would gauge interest. If interested, let me know via comments or pm. If you wish to donate something, also let me know. Thanks!

Since I don't have a job I seem to have a lot of time on my hands. I'm going to be riding in the MS ride in a couple of months, and it got me thinking of my 2013 ride, and vertigo, and some other obstacles. Here it is, hope you enjoy: https://juststumblingthroughlife.com/2016/04/16/im-falling-and-cant-seem-to-stop-getting-up/

I have a pair that I only use for fishing 3x mags. Only thing I can find that I can still tie on a #20. I even have to have glasses on to take the fly out of a fish's mouth. Yeah, reading glasses glasses sick.

Actually, I've been bowling since I was like 10. Bowling competitively (yeah, it's a thing) off and on since my late teens. When I was young, there was a major gambling component. I watched my dad walk out with close to $1000 on a regular league night (I was never good enough to win that much because I couldn't bet that much). The community here is smaller than it was in the states, but there is some pretty serious talent in Calgary and Edmonton and a bunch in their 20s. Less gambling though, but a lot of tournaments. Several thousand dollars to winners of some of these.

I need to remember to check these more often. Thanks for the comments everyone. Enjoying it so far, though a bit boring! Catching some big fish which is always good.

I can learn!

Just saw this. Very well written Jordan.

Thanks guys. And eloquent isn't usually a word used to describe anything I do!

It has some fishing content! https://juststumblingthroughlife.com/2016/04/09/603/'