Finalizing The Details: Christmas Island

Finalizing the details for a trip always leaves me with a sense of relief...and panic at the same time. The relief comes when booking a seat on a 737 bound for Christmas Island is successful. Especially after spending 4 hours trying to get the last seat, knowing at any moment it could be snatched up from under neath you.

Panic.

Thoughts of gear begin to enter my head. Do I have enough flies, do I have the right line, do I have the right rods, reels, leaders, clothing,... the list goes on and on! Sunscreen, bug spray... I keep thinking of more stuff. I begin to wander around the fly shop putting stuff into a basket. Luckily we have everything for the local angler traveling to warm destinations during the winter months. I even found sunscreen, bug spray, 80lb fluorocarbon, and a new buff.

The only way to calm myself is to begin tying flies. One bonefish fly after another begins to fill the box until the next thing I know there are 157 bonefish flies tied yesterday afternoon and this morning. Variation after variation. Flash, no flash, tan...pink..I think I have about 300 more in me before I make the trip in early February.

Even though I will be missing my good friends there this January. It will be good to fish this February.

If anybody would like information about travelling to Christmas Island in 2017, please let us know and we will get it figured out for you.