Kiritimati

2020 is off to Fly(ing) Fishing Start

J and I went to Christmas Island in January and the Black Hills’ weather has cooperated quite nicely so far. A couple shots from the first quarter highlight reel.

Kiritimati translates roughly to Christmas which is the name Captain Cook gave this island in the South Pacific. This is a typical bonefish which seems like a much better use of the island than the nuclear bomb testing that went on there in the 1950…

Kiritimati translates roughly to Christmas which is the name Captain Cook gave this island in the South Pacific. This is a typical bonefish which seems like a much better use of the island than the nuclear bomb testing that went on there in the 1950s.

This beauty took a size 20 midge in very skinny water in the Black Hills. That’s as far as I’ll go…

This beauty took a size 20 midge in very skinny water in the Black Hills. That’s as far as I’ll go…