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Turks and Caicos Islands.

My wife, a non-fisher, and I spent our vacation in the British W. Indies. What a place we found. We stayed at Coral Gardens on the island of Providenciales (Provo) where we found ourselves overlooking a coral reef. The reef started within yards of the beach, and every day we went snorkeling looking for new and different fish. Within a hundred yards of the beach we saw, resident sea turtles, barracuda, triggerfish, barracuda, octopus, tangs, jacks, and a 5’ skate. Known primarily as one of the top 5 diving destinations in the world, our beach did nothing to refute this. We found a new (and good) restaurant every night, but felt that Coco’s was the finest on the island, which is not to take away from the other fine dining that we did.

Of course, I went fishing for bones, and after I got the hang of it, it was my first time bonefishing, the catching improved dramatically. Over the course of two mornings it became very apparent to me that I was fishing with the most respected bonefish guide on the island of Provo. Capt. Barr Gardner did everything the way it was meant to be, as we moved to a different flat as the tides rolled in, catching the prime fishing time in each area. I heard nothing but good things about him from everyone who asked what we were doing in T&C besides sunning ourselves.

The highlight of the fishing was an 8 lb. bone that was foraging in some turtle grass. These fish are so lightly pressured, that he gave me a couple of chances to get the fly right where he wanted it before he decided to eat. We also decided to give marlin fishing a try, we were there at the peak of marlin season (middle of July), we did not fly fish for them but it was interesting. We had one fish come up and follow a teaser for a while, but then he returned to the depths. That was very exciting as well.

The whole experience of T&C is something I will never forget, and if it weren’t for the two day trip to get there, we would go back all the time. There was great food, great snorkeling (or diving) and great bonefishing.

For lodging: www.coralgardens.com
For info on bonefishing: www.provo.net/bonefish/bonefishhome.htm

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