“Hooked on the Fly” filming at Black Fly Bonefish Club this week

Capt. Vaughn and partners Capt. Clint Kemp and Capt. Paul Pinder are hosting Chris Travis of  the TV show “Hooked on the Fly” and his film crew this week for episodes that will air on the Sportsman Channel. We will post the air dates as soon as they are scheduled.
They began filming on Sunday, April 4th and have had excellent fishing so far with Chris Travis catching several nice fish on Sunday and Monday. Susan Cocking, sports writer for the Miami Herald is also along on the trip and is having good luck as well.
I’m getting scattered reports from Vaughn as he gets time between casting at bonefish and permit to send me an update. The weather is cooperating and so are the fish. Vaughn had shots at some Mutton Snapper up on the flats last Saturday but couldn’t close the deal with a hook up.
Mutton Snapper along with Bonefish, Permit and Tarpon all in the same area, boy for a saltwater flats fisherman with a fly rod it doesn’t get any better than that!

Last week before the film crew arrived on Saturday, noted Key West flats guide, author and good friend Capt. Jeffrey Cardenas spent a few days at the lodge and had a great time. On Wednesday of last week he had one of those days we all envision when we think of the Bahamas, a day of flat calm seas and clear blue sky and he and Clint took full advantage of it.
That day, as Clint pulled away from the dock he pointed the bow of the skiff not in the usual direction leading to the nearby flats, but toward the deep blue water instead. Not long underway, they came upon a rare sighting of a whale enjoying the day by lolling at the surface. After a brief time of whale watching they moved on to find a promising weed line and in short order had two nice mahi mahi in the fish box tagged for the evening meal. Making the run back to the flats they were rewarded with a hour of tailing bonefish before calling it a day.
These are the kind of days that make the fishing at the Black Fly Bonefish Club in Abaco so memorable.

I wish I had some photos of all this activity but these guys are too busy catching fish and enjoying the wonderful spring weather to send me any. As soon as I get some, I’ll add them to this post.