GREAT FLY - Fly Tying: Andreas Andersson's Aino

There are a lot of parts in this fly, but I think it would be a humdinger for the barra, yellow and red especially....

BONEFISH SCHOOLING

"Rare" Australian bonefish filmed schooling in deep water at Heron Island!During a recent deep water study, a team of AIMS’ researchers, led by Drs Michelle Heupel and Mike Cappo, captured surprise footage of a significantly large school of bonefish in 18m of water.Bonefish (Albula forsteri) are known as the "grey ghost of the flats" in the Americas where they form the basis of an avid and lucrative sport fishery. Whole economies are built around catch-and-release sight-fishing on very shallow tidal flats. Only a handful of bonefish have ever been caught in Australia, where they are supposedly very rare.The school was filmed as the team conducted an underwater experiment to refine the capacity of the BRUV (baited remote underwater video stations) survey technique - a method used throughout the world to survey fish and sharks.To learn more about this exciting area of research, please see: http://www.aims.gov.au/docs/research/monitoring/seabed/video-monitoring.htmlVideo courtesy of Dr Mike Cappo, AIMS
Posted by Australian Institute of Marine Science on Sunday, February 15, 2015

"Rare" Australian bonefish filmed schooling in deep water at Heron Island!During a recent deep water study, a team of AIMS’ researchers, led by Drs Michelle Heupel and Mike Cappo, captured surprise footage of a significantly large school of bonefish in 18m of water.Bonefish (Albula forsteri) are known as the "grey ghost of the flats" in the Americas where they form the basis of an avid and lucrative sport fishery. Whole economies are built around catch-and-release sight-fishing on very shallow tidal flats. Only a handful of bonefish have ever been caught in Australia, where they are supposedly very rare.The school was filmed as the team conducted an underwater experiment to refine the capacity of the BRUV (baited remote underwater video stations) survey technique - a method used throughout the world to survey fish and sharks.To learn more about this exciting area of research, please see: http://www.aims.gov.au/docs/research/monitoring/seabed/video-monitoring.htmlVideo courtesy of Dr Mike Cappo, AIMS

EVERGLADES ...PART TWO....THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY....BUGGER!!....THEN PART THREE AND MORE

Note: for a clearer picture..click the play arrow and then click the settings then  in quality  and you can go up to 1080HD

This first part is a series of fish...that Dion 'releases' a good distance from the boat, or when they get stuck in snags.....

Now an  appetiser for  the next part ....take note of the requirements below and you will understand why Steve releases the fish at the boat without bringing it in....

• People will be allowed to temporarily possess a tarpon for photography, measurement of length and girth and scientific sampling, with the stipulation that tarpon more than 40 inches must remain in the water.

On the podium 

and a bonus of some of the wildlife