If you could post it in message form so we can make reservations, would be appreciated.
Thanks for all your good efforts Mates
Philip
Hi Phil, The Florida '06 Pages is now up.
Also the “Going List” have fun!
LadyFisher, Publisher of
FAOL
Thank you Deanna, appreciate all your efforts.
Philip
What would we do with out her…?
Les Maynard
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Yippeeee!!!
Unofficially, the first bakers dozen count of wanna-be-pirates & pirate attendees are ready for the festivities, which will include some flats fishing, kayak fishing, fly casting instruction, fly tying instruction, some fly trading & ; with a few possible contributions & solicitations, a raffle or two ! Some local fishing magazines for reading & a feast of food fit for a rum fest! This won’t be like Fantasy Fest in Key West, but the fishing should be fantastic & everyone should catch fish like it’s a fishin’ festival on the fly!
Thanks for the info, I am sure it will be awesome. Last years cooking was unbelievable. Ya just can’t beat a Pirate atmosphere. FAOL fish-ins ROCK.
Philip
Thanks for the compliment Philip. I just sent a note to ladyfisher to add me to the list. I can probably only make it for the weekend, but I will make it one way or another!
Bill
Bill, its great to know you will make it. I hope things are going better for you. Your beer battered fish was the best deep fried I have evere tasted. Your company was just as good.
Looking forward to it.
My best to all
Philip
Saltydancindave :
You have obviously done a lot of work on this event, and as difficult as it is to fill the peg-leg of purebs , you have accomplished a ‘first-mate’ job !!
Pink housing for the pirate meeting at the Veranda ? Or is that hurricane bleached Chinese blood red ? Are you trying to appeal to our Pirate sensitive side ? Or are we going in with camouflage and looking like real tourists ?
The company of pirates is exceptional, even more so after sun down ...... but do we have to have rum with umbrellas if its not raining?
tight line
bright fish
taut threads Dad flyer
Actually it’s coral colored , or about the same color as flamingoes; which get their color from a diet of shrimp & crabs ! You too can look that way after a visit to the seafood feast with a wee bit of rum & a good photographer after being out in the sun on the flats for about 6 hours a day without sunblock while fishing! Actually, the costs were the lowest around with a group rate & that should let a pirate be stranded on an island with a bit of humor still intact without having to worry about not having there dignity sullied ! Have never seen any umbrellas for the grog, but there are quite a number of different fish; even the salt & pepper shakers ! Should you require little umbrellas, I’ll add it to the list of things to get, or make it an event during the tie & lie for some satisfaction of really being a stranded pirate on a beach,just so we can tie some parachute saltwater flies; can’t be beating the waters to a froth otherwise you’d be scattering the fish everywhere ! Aye, Aye ?
Good to see a few more names on the " I’m Going " list. You’ll probably enjoy the weather as this is the time the major league baseball players get together for the " Grapefruit League ", which is basically spring training in climate that is similar to summertime elsewhere ! From what I’ve been told, we’re in about the middle of the state travelwise, ( Key West to Pensacola ) and that most of the snowbirds from Michigan to Jersey can get here in a day ! Farther north or west takes more time or flying.See ya soon !
Dave, its 2 days for us, we head out on the 1st and will arrive on the 3rd. Michele is bringing her canoe, and I’m hoping to use a jak. I still want to get one, a Cobra or Ocean Prowler.
Thanks for all the hard work.
Philip
You’ll be in good waters & good company for yakking; and there will be nautical maps for the flats with boat ramps & canoe launch areas specified for access. Will have the Blueways Trail brochure, which is specifically for kayaking the southwest coast from south of Ft. Myers thru Charlotte Harbor & waters connected. Look forward to your fishing stories after a few days in paradise !
Checked the " Who’s Going " list as usual & noticed the Flats Dude & Mrs. are joining the festivities ! Welcome, & looking forward to meeting y’all !
Nice to see that and I hope he brings a couple of Gold Bendbacks and a few Mullet flies. The dude did his job well last year and the fly tying session was well appreciated. Stay on the diet and leave the Rum on the shelf
Philip
Excus my spelling and gramma, I hooked Mondays and Fridays so I could Hunt or fish.
Okay, I just spoke with Ed Mercado (Floridaflyer), and he and I will be staying at the Veranda on Thursday and Friday nights. We should be getting down there on Thursday morning around ten, or so and leaving late Saturday night. Reservations are made…see y’all down there!
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