Product Details

• Actors: Bob Hyde, Jamie Dickinson, Steve Rajeff, Jim Watt, Jim
• Directors: Kelly Watt, Billy Pate
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Bennett-Watt Master
• DVD Release Date: June 1, 2002
• Run Time: 127 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006JUJC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #260,146 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Where are the bonefish?, February 19, 2004

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Vincent L Rossano (Montpelier, VT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How To Fly Fish Series, Bonefish School, Bahamas & Billy Pate's Saltwater Fly Casting Secrets (DVD)

I would agree with the reviewer who said "I would have liked to see more bonefish though instead of people talking about basics on reels, rods and lines."

If you need basic instruction in casting technique, this DVD may actually be helpful. If, on the other hand, you are looking for bonefishing strategy and tactics, you'll be very disappointed.

I had hoped for actual bonefishing (as opposed to casting) instruction, but, while there was a very short section on "fishing conditions" sandwiched between rod modulus and double-hauling, there was precious little. In fact, the best this DVD has to offer for actual bonefishing technique may be a part of the brief introduction when we overhear a guide giving some advice to an angler casting to a bonefish while wading.

In any case, it would appear that the video was more concerned with promoting the bonefish school of the title than providing instruction. Why else would we be subjected to a scene, with description, of a meal in the dining hall, or information about how instructors are rotated at the school?

As if to add insult to injury, the final five minutes of this supposed instructional video were spent watching Steve Rajeff crank on his reel while fighting a permit. Where is the instructional value in that? I've already seen more than enough of that sort of thing in tiresome home videos.

Again, if you want actual fishing advice, save your 30 bucks.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, December 10, 2007

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T. Attaway (Yakima, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How To Fly Fish Series, Bonefish School, Bahamas & Billy Pate's Saltwater Fly Casting Secrets (DVD)

They had a great lineup of teachers here, but both segments of this DVD deal with rods, lines, casting, etc. I learned NOTHING about how to bonefish from this DVD. It was a waste of money. If you want instruction on fly casting, it could be helpful, but there are plenty of other videos out there.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could be more focused on specifics, fewer fishing scenes, January 11, 2006

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M. Caldwell - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How To Fly Fish Series, Bonefish School, Bahamas & Billy Pate's Saltwater Fly Casting Secrets (DVD)

I'm an intermediate level caster with limited experience in flats fishing and thought this DVD might be a good learning tool.

I picked up a few tips but found the information to be a bit unorganized and thought the fishing scenes took up space where actual instruction could have been substituted. I would not use this as a single source to prepare for a trip but might be a good addition to other books, DVD's etc.