Welcome to Blue Latitudes

The art of flyfishing, like anything worthwhile pursuing in life, is time consuming. I guess that's kind of the whole point.

Flyfishing encompasses the focal point of these journeys and hopefully inspire you through the photographic essays and commentary. The locations visited are ranked amongst some of the most naturally beautiful locations in the world.

Arranging a customised fishing expedition to most of the locations discussed within or any others is as easy as contacting me via email. Fly fishing need not be reserved for the well heeled. I'd be happy to get you started with advice on appropriate equipment, down to custom designing your trip to suit your experience level, budget and preferences. All of my "work" to date has been word of mouth and trips are limited.

In a world where commercial harvesting has cut deeply into the quality of saltwater sports fishing, the places visited stand untouched. If you guage a fishing trips success based on the body count I would encourage you to direct your enquiries to the mass marketed lodges. I subscribe to catch and release philosophies, other than with those we eat, and provide professional photos of the experience. : - )

Whether you're throwing out consistent 100ft casts or totally new to the sport, if you require attention to detail and an open minded service from someone that does what he says he will do, then I would love to hear from you.

So, let's do it. Guaranteed to be some of the best fun you have standing up...

Cheers
Jason

Thursday, 21 October 2010

Approaching Infinity

The dawn was hazy. The white tinged horizon signalled palm oil plantation harvesting season had commenced across South East Asia. This meant migratory sails, the strong, robust breeders would be present.

Before too long we were sandwiched between rampaging Spanish Mackerel and aggressive Sail Fish. We caught and released both in numbers all day long.



Some Sail fish were caught sight casting to “Finning” fish, this is when the fish are observed cruising along the surface of the water with dorsal fin and tail protruding the surface. You don’t get much better than that in sport fishing terms. The 10 wt fly rod got a work out and we did break out the light spinning gear on some of the Mackerel.

It was one of those “infinity” type days. You can tell you are having them when a comfortable silence remains over the group as nobody wants to say anything that might jinx the run of remarkable good luck. After a while though, you realize you are experiencing a day that ceases to disappoint and absorb yourself in the action.

We had squid attaching themselves to hooked baitfish (which were kept live as bait for some sail fish action), pelagics all around the boat, triple hookups and even managed to capture some of those “photos of a lifetime”.

Think about the timing that goes into a 50kg yellow fin tuna launching itself to intercept an airborne flying fish travelling at speed?! Now that’s one unlucky flying fish.

It was with pleasure we cleaned up and headed back. It was an action packed day. It was from the pier that we made our way back to Singapore. Engineers, backpackers, golfers and greying academics baffling to one another over logic, our love for fishing and the outdoors and questions on everything from zero to infinity.


Quick update on 2011.  Christmas Island trips are locked away for next year and interest has gathered for Cuba and Belieze. With the American dollar where it is, you will be well advised to lock in trips now to crystallize those Forex savings.  Drop me an email should you be interested and I'll talk you through the trips.

Cheers
Jason Borg
jjborg76@hotmail.com
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