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2 for the Price of 1
Angler Adventures has negotiated several value packed “2 for the price of 1” deals at some of our premier lodges. For more information, please click on the lodge name, or call us at 800-628-1447 (860-434-9624).
- Spectacular, remote setting.
- 6 person capacity.
- Rainbows and big Browns.
- Normal weekly price $3,250 per person, double occupancy / shared guide.
- Angler Adventures’ Special for November 2009: $1,625 per person double occupancy / shared guide.
- Excellent Bonefishing with good chances at Permit.
- Access to Gorda Cay and Mores Island.
- Price Reduction for 2010.
- Normal weekly price $2,820 per person double occupancy / shared guide.
- Angler Adventures’ Special through February 2010: $1,813 per person double occupancy / shared guide.
- Permit, Bonefish, and Tarpon.
- 30-miles off the coast of Belize.
- Only 6 spots currently available: 2 – November 7 – 14, 2009 & 4 – November 21 – 28, 2009.
- Normal weekly price $3,902.58 per person, double occupancy / shared guide.
- Angler Adventures’ Special: $2,573.09 per person double occupancy / shared guide.
- Direct access to Bonefishing in the Marls.
- Nice Accommodations and Gourmet Meals.
- Great location for non-anglers.
- Normal weekly price $6,800 per couple double occupancy / shared guide.
- Angler Adventures’ Special, February 1st – March 15th, 2010: $4,250 per couple double occupancy / shared guide.
- Extensive Hard Sand Flats.
- Wade fisherman’s paradise.
- Comfortable cottage style accommodations.
- Normal weekly price $3,085 per person double occupancy / shared guide.
- Angler Adventures’ Special for bookings confirmed before January 1, 2010: $1,962.50 per person double occupancy / shared guide.
- Experience Chilean Patagonia in luxury.
- Unparalleled level of Service.
- Access to typically inaccessible fertile fishing grounds.
- Normal weekly price $17,850 per person double occupancy / shared guide.
- Angler Adventures’ Special: $8,925 per person double occupancy / shared guide.
These discounts are offered to new reservations only and do not apply to existing reservations, nor date changes to existing reservations. Discounts for alternate times, or other lodges may be available. If the above offerings aren’t exactly what you’re looking for call us at 1-800-628-1447; and we’ll find you the best possible deal!

800-628-1447 / 860-434-9624
Fax: 860-434-8605
Email: info@angleradventures.com
PO Box 872, Old Lyme, CT 06371
Website:www.www.angleradventures.com
November 3, 2009
Remembering The Gyno Crab

NOV 6 – 13, 2004, I was one of a party of 8 very talented flyfishers and great guys who descended on Casa Blanca on Mexico’s Ascension Bay

in quest of permit. The first day out, just a couple were taken, one by first time permit fisher Dr. Ralph Cifaldi. Ralph was using a crab pattern of his own concoction; a variation on the Dorsey Kwan, distinguished by a long tail of amber dyed polar bear barred with a brown marking pen.

"Tara" with a nice Ascension Bay Permit

The second day, there was better success in the group, with Ralph coming in as top rod with a “hat trick” – 3 more permit on this just his second day chasing permit! This piqued our interest a bit more in Ralphy’s unorthodox pattern.

The third day, more permit were released by the group, but again the top rod was Doc Ralph, with another hat trick! 3 days into the trip and Ralphy had 7 permit under his belt. The excitement over Ralphy’s fly grew, and being the generous soul that he is, he stayed up late cranking out more of his crab patterns so as to present each one of us with one at breakfast.

There was no doubt in my mind what fly to tie on that morning! We ran back into the bay, inside of the tip of Vigia Grande. The wind had slightly clouded the water along the south side of the bay, and my superb guide Manuel (Tarantula) worked the edge between the cloudy and the clear water. Suddenly I spotted a huge permit working up tide toward us. I called to Manuel and he kicked the boat right, and with a couple of strong pushes on the pole put me in position to intercept the fish. I launched Ralph’s fly, it landed perfectly, I made a one-foot long strip and the big fish quivered, lunged forward and ate it. It immediately took off on a searing and what I expected to be a “reel-emptying” run. But about 70 yards out, it just stopped, and slowly pulled. I looked at the bottom and it was moving. Yes, now he was just leisurely towing the boat across the bay! This went on for 42 minutes until finally we got the fish close enough to tail it. But Manuel couldn’t get it over the gunnel! Finally, he went over the side in chest deep water to “wrassle” the beast into submission. We didn’t have a boga grip, but Manuel said his largest “bogaed” fish was 38 pounds, and allowed as how this guy was just about as big! We settled on 35 as an estimate.

By the end of the week, our party of 8 had tallied an amazing 35 permit on fly, and quite a few over 20 pounds. And Ralph’s pattern accounted for 17 of these, and the fly didn’t even a name. The last evening, our group sat around the palapa having beers and trying to come up with an appropriate name for Dr. Ralph’s (a gynecologist by the way) remarkable fly. Finally John Canavari burst out, “I’ve got it! The Gyno Crab”. And the name stuck. Google it!

I can’t swear there’s something special about the pattern – maybe it was just a case of a lot of happy permit eating well. But if any fly catches any permit, I want to have it in my arsenal! Hope this works as well for you.

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800-628-1447 – 860-434-9624
Fax 860-434-8605
E-Mail:Info@angleradventures.com
PO Box 872, Old Lyme, CT 06371
web site: www.www.angleradventures.com

November 26, 2010