Today the 20th Dec we had on board ALLURE anglers Hill Dishman with his two sons Drake and Brett with their friend Greg Laswell on day one of their two day fishing excursion to Guatemala. It was the Drake, Brett and Gregs first time here and what an introduction to this incredible fishery. We returned to the dock having raised 70 sails, we got 55 of those to bite and released 24. It was very consistent action right through the day with more than a little bad luck affecting the ratio, alot of pulled circle hooks midway through the fight had us wondering what was going on......?? Still an awesome day on the water and with alot of practice under the belt we are looking forward to tomorrow and better results.
Dec 17th-19th we welcomed back to Guatemala for their 3rd year fishing here Marc Felton and his dad Ron with their friend and first timer to sailfishing on the fly Dave McIntyre. Dave had heard the stories and was not dissapointed. It was a little rough on day one with seas of 4-6ft in the morning, it did not dampen the sailfish bite though and Ron and Dave released 2 doubles on the fly. The first was in rough seas and the fish really stretched us with one going up sea and the other down sea, it was testing and took a while though due to good angling we released them both. The second double of the day was later in the afternoon in calmer conditions and the fish sticking together this time. Rons fish was a beauty of around 120lbs....we finished the day raising 28, getting 12 to bite the fly and released 7
Mates Alex and Julio with Ron, Marc and Dave pose with Rons big fish before release, one of a double for Ron and Dave.
On the 18th we stopped in short and found a bite that we suck with through the day, we had some incredible bites though a little bad luck, pulling the hooks on several releasing 6 from 14 bites. We pushed further off-shore on the last day and really got into them, though teasing them in seemed to be no problem, getting them to eat the fly did. We raised 49 fish today, getting 18 bites and 10 releases, a great day of flyfishing. The highlight of the day was having a shot at a triple hook-up though we popped the 20lb tippet on one, Marc and Ron got theirs to stick getting a father and son double on the fly. A great trip and we look forward to seeing them next year.
Dec 14th-16th had Guatemalan veteran Fred Herring Jnr introducing his father Fred Snr and friends Randy Allen and Henry Wuertz joining us for 3 days of conventional fishing. The 14th was practice day with the mates helping and teaching the techniques of 'bait n switch', pitching baits rigged with circle hooks to teased up sails. Plenty of shots and learning today with 54 raises 42 bites and 26 releases. Day 2 and the cockpit was all theirs, it was a slow morning though the afternoon bite got hot with 3 doubles a triple and a quadruple at the end of the day. Great fishing by the guys seeing it was their first time (barring Fred Jnr) hooking all their own fish getting 22 from 41 bites and raising a nice fat blue that did not eat the pitch bait. The last day out Henry really wanted a shot at a blue so we chased schools of bonito that were popping up though not really holding and tried live-baiting for several hours in the morning. There were lots of birds and bait through sticking with them proved difficult. Henry caught a nice yellowfin on a group of spinners and we stuck with live-baiting till 1.30 in the afternoon before running to a bite we had been called into off-shore. It was well worth it, the sails were red-hot and we released 19 in an hour and half with a quad and several other multiple hook-ups. We ended up with 21 from 46 bites for the day raising 52. Another great trip for the guys releasing 69 sails.
Father and son double, Fred Herring Snr and Jnr with a couple of nice Guatemalan sails
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