Blog entries http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:32:45 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/geoffs_blog/534_roadkill.htm <p>Over the past few years I've noticed something that makes me scratch my head in question. I regularly drive the 18 mile stretch to and from Flamingo; the "stretch" is what we call the lonely and dangerous section of US1 that starts around Lake Surprise and ends in Florida City. There's not much there except a couple of old marinas and the Everglades… sadly, there are lots of roadside memorials and additionally a handful of Florida Highway Patrol officers in tricked out Dodge Chargers waiting Read More... Geoff Colmes Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/geoffs_blog/533_whyidontpublishfishingreports.htm <p><img width="144" src="http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/images/stories/blog/yesterday.jpg" alt="You Should Have Been Here Yesterday" height="178" style="margin-top: 4px; float: left; margin-right: 4px; border: 0px" />Does anybody want to hear a bad fishing report... I don't think so! I have learned over the years that none of my anglers ever want to hear how good (or bad) the fishing was yesterday; they want to experience how good it is today! The phrase "you should have been here yesterday" Read More... Geoff Colmes Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/geoffs_blog/524_weathe_norway.htm <p>For those of us that are complaining about the cool weather; I just received these photos from Ulf Erik Forsbakk aka 'Stu" in Norway... some photos just speak for themselves.</p><br/><p><img width="342" src="http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/images/stories/blog/477952461_9rKWG-M.jpg" alt="477952461_9rKWG-M" height="300" /></p><br/><p><img width="314" src="http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/images/stories/blog/477956189_BaFS6-S.jpg" alt="477956189_BaFS6-S" height="300" /></p><br/><p> </p> Geoff Colmes Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/geoffs_blog/521_hellsbayhowitstartedredux.htm <p>In the words of author James W. Hall... the idea of the novel Hell's Bay (from James W. Hall's Blog)</p><br/>Hell's Bay, How it Started (redux)<br/><p><img border="0" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_iezPcxGFZIw/R4H3hlW2LXI/AAAAAAAAAIc/JaTAHrBPD4M/s320/stvandmik.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152671605024238962" /></p><br/><p><img border="0" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_iezPcxGFZIw/R4H3FFW2LWI/AAAAAAAAAIU/W-putyY0n9o/s320/mycabin.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152671115397967202" /></p><br/><p><img border="0" src="hRead More... Geoff Colmes Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/geoffs_blog/349_comingfreezelikelytobeworsethanbefore.htm <p>For all of you that live up north... FYI It's freezing here as well!&nbsp;</p>Coming Freeze Likely To Be Worse Than Before; Farmers Worried<p>By Neil Johnson Tampa Bay Online updated 4:16 p.m. ET, Tues., Feb. 3, 2009</p><p>&nbsp;Another slug of arctic air is on the way that could send freezing temperatures stabbing as far south as the Everglades Wednesday night and bring even colder temperatures than last month's statewide freeze.The newest freeze will hit before agriculture officials have fuRead More... Geoff Colmes Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/geoffs_blog/332_google...humanerror.htm <p>&nbsp;I guess they are human after all but don't try to find their phone number!<br />GWC</p><p>Google's Internet search service malfunctioned for nearly 55 minutes Saturday morning, upending users around the world with search results that carried false safety warnings and Web links that did not work.</p><p>&quot;This site may harm your computer&quot; on every search result?!?! <br />1/31/2009 09:02:00 AM</p><p>Statement from Google:&nbsp;</p><p>If you did a Google search between 6:30 a.m. PSRead More... Geoff Colmes Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/geoffs_blog/331_goodquote.htm <p>&quot;You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that if does no good to work because somebody else iRead More... Geoff Colmes Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/geoffs_blog/243_tributetofishaboutpartone.htm <p>  <img width="385" src="http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/images/fishabout.jpg" alt="fishabout" height="190" style="margin: 6px" /><br /> October of 1996<br />I began making plans to offer a service that I had wanted for some time to provide to my customers. In the winter months when the weather conditions for fishing the flats and backcountry of the Florida Keys can be sometimes difficult, just a couple hours away deep within the sheltered estuarine areas of the Florida Everglades exists somRead More... Geoff Colmes Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/geoffs_blog/236_quotefromrobertruark.htm Quote from Robert Ruark...<br/><p>"A fish, which you can't see, deep down in the water, is a kind of symbol of peace on earth, good will to yourself. Fishing gives a man ... some time to collect his thoughts and reaarange them kind of neat, in an orderly fashion. Once the bait is on the hook and the boat is anchored, there's nothing to interfere with thinking except an occasional bite."</p><br/><p>- Robert Ruark, The Old Man and The Boy</p> Geoff Colmes Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/geoffs_blog/234_piratesinsomalia.htm Pirates in Somalia<br/><p><img width="423" src="http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/images/stories/blog/somali_pirates.jpg" alt="somali_pirates" height="254" title="somali_pirates.jpg" /></p><br/><p>A friend sent me this article a few days ago; he thought it was interesting especially after reading James W. Hall's "Off The Chart." For those that are not aware of modern day pirates, search the phrase in Google, you might be surprised.</p><br/><p>Official: Warship tracks 3 ships seized by pirates<br />Fri AuRead More... Geoff Colmes Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/geoffs_blog/231_anincrediblefishingtale.htm <br/><p><img width="500" src="http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/images/519602583_f06a7f7360.jpg" alt="519602583_f06a7f7360" height="375" title="519602583_f06a7f7360" /></p><br/><p>An Incredible Fishing Tale<br />by Kelly Hayes - Story: 40592<br />Jul 16, 2008 / 5:00 am</p><br/><p>I ran accross this the other day and had to laugh…</p><br/><p>Kelowna, BC<br />Canada</p><br/><p>He was over the limit in more ways than one and can credit local conservation officers for saving his life.</p><br/><p>Conservation officersRead More... Geoff Colmes Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.floridakeysflyfish.com/geoffs_blog/welcometomyblog21.htm North East Vacation - Boston, Acadia, Nova Scotia<br/><p>What a great vacation; we started out with a Marlin vs. Braves game in Miami and then caught our flight out of Ft. Lauderdale the next morning to Boston. We loved Boston; we stayed in Charlestown for four days and took in the Museum of Science, Museum of Fine Arts (fantastic), The Aquarium, Old Ironsides, Haymarket, Chinatown, the Common, the Gardens, tour of the city in an amphibious "duck," legendary Italian food in the North end, Mikes PasRead More... Geoff Colmes Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0100