The Bahamas Fly-Fishing Guide [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Stephen Vletas (Author), Kim Vletas (Author)

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"The Bahamas is the bonefishing capital of the world--but with so many islands, lodges, and guides, how do you find the lodge that is right for you? The first step is to study Stephen and Kim Vletas' descriptions of the best operations the Bahamas have to offer."--Fly Fisherman magazine

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Description
The Bahamas Fly-Fishing Guide is a comprehensive guide to fly fishing and adventure travel in the Bahamas-with detailed information on lodges, guides, services, tackle, flies, tactics, diving, snorkeling, and adventure travel.

The book includes an overview of the Bahamian fishery, with its spectacular bonefish fishing, along with enough of the historical, geographical, and cultural information that introduces the larger world of the islands. In particular, it is a practical "how-to" that describes everything a visitor will need to know about the exceptional saltwater fly-fishing opportunities in the Bahamas.

There are chapters on each of the islands, or island groups-Andros, Grand Bahama, Bimini, Eleuthera, among others-that detail options for fishing, diving, snorkeling, and related activities, along with the best places to stay, dine, rent a car, and other helpful information visitors may need for a great vacation.

Graced with truly exceptional maps, along with photographs of all the major locations in the Bahamas, this book is a must for anyone-fly fisher or not-planning a trip to this exquisite part of the world.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 268 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press; 1st edition (December 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558219617
• ISBN-13: 978-1558219618
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,248,015 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars THE BAHAMAS GUIDE, May 1, 2000

By	john e howard (New York) - See all my reviews

Kim and Steve have done their homework! As a fan of bahamian fly fishing (and andros in particular) this is the one book I'd say that nails it. I learned a lot of things - including how little I knew. I also liked the specific details of where to fish - helpful since andros is SO vast.If I was going to the Bahamas tomorrow I'd have this book in my bag.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome even for non fishers, June 23, 2001

By	C Mathes (Knoxville, Tn United States) - See all my reviews

I bought this for my boyfriend who is a fishing freak for our trip to the Bahamas. I think I had more fun reading it than he did. These folks give so much information about the islands that I think it is a MUST for fishing widows and widowers. It changed our plans as to where to go and what to do. We fished and enjoyed other parts of the islands. I laminated the cover cause we wore it out.

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3.0 out of 5 stars so-so but there's not much else available, April 10, 2008

By	Clay Dragonfly (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bahamas Fly-Fishing Guide, Updated and Revised (Paperback)

This book isn't terrible - but could use some work.
** Disclaimer - we only visited Grand Bahama**

I expected the do-it-yourself sections to have some tips on where you could drive & wade out to fish, not just list independent guides instead of package deals. I don't consider hiring an independent guide to be doing it myself. Since our trip was not soley for fly fishing, we wanted to get a guide for a day or 2 & maybe do some independent fishing from shore on a couple of days. We did this, but with zero success on the days we fished from shore. Others (including both guides we used) said that fishign from shore could be productive. I had hoped that the book would have had soem tips for this type of fishing for each island. Or just told you if it wasn't a viable option for a specific island.

BTW - I can strongly recommend Captain Perry Demeritte, who is listed in this book - he was excellent.

All that said, given the selection of books available on this topic, this is probably your best bet. We also still had a great time AND got some fish.