Bruce Chard

Nice Fish, Bruce

December 10, 2011
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It’s been way too long since you’re seen a Louis Cahill picture of Bruce Chard with a nice bonefish from Andros South. So…here you go!  Nice fish, Bruce. P.S. Bruce holds his bonefishing schools at Andros South in November and January, because he knows that the ‘winter’ months on South Andros are the best for [...]

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Fly Fisherman Saltwater Blog by Bruce Chard

December 3, 2011
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If you’re spent any time at all on our web site, you know that Bruce Chard is a good buddy of ours.  Bruce spends most of his time guiding anglers around the Florida keys, and he also teaches Bonefishing Schools at Andros South.  Oh yeah – we’ve featured him a bunch on our blog, too. [...]

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Identifying Bonefish Muds

November 14, 2011
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When fish swimming around tidal flats disturb the bottom, they make a puff of sediment that’s known as a “mud”. Locating bonefish muds can be one way to locate bonefish.  Bruce Chard is back today with another bonefishing tip – how to know if the mud that you’re looking at came from bonefish. Special note [...]

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Permit Fly Presentation – Wrap Up

November 7, 2011
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Over the past month we’ve heard a bunch from Bruce Chard about how to present flies to permit.  We got an introductory pep talk, details on presenting flies to feeding and cruising fish, and tips on when and how to set the hook. We’re wrapping up our mini-series today with some thoughts on weather and [...]

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Permit Fly Presentation – Setting the Hook

October 31, 2011
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It’s time for part four in our five part series from Bruce Chard on presenting flies to permit.  At this point you’ve done a good enough job that a permit is interested in your fly…here’s when and how to bury it home. Like everything else associated with permit fishing, this stuff is often not simple! [...]

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Permit Fly Presentation – Cruising Fish

October 24, 2011
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Last week Bruce Chard told us how to present flies to feeding permit.  This week our series on permit fly presentation continues, with some wisdom on what to do when you see cruising fish. Cruising Permit – How to Present a Fly If the fish is cruising, he’s not actively looking for food.  The drop [...]

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Think Like a Scared Shrimp

October 21, 2011
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Yeah, we’re right in the middle of our Bruce Chard permit fly presentation series, but that’s not going to keep us from running a great little nugget of a bonefishing tip from Bruce. Dive Like a Shrimp If you’re a little shrimp on a white sandy flat and you see a bonefish coming along, you [...]

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Permit Fly Presentation – Feeding Fish

October 17, 2011
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Last week we started a short series of posts featuring Bruce Chard’s incredible knowledge of how to present flies to permit. Today we’re diving deep, and the topic is presenting a fly to a feeding permit. Feeding Permit – Presenting Flies If you come across a feeding permit, recognize that right away. Usually that calls [...]

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Bruce Chard’s Barracuda Rig

October 14, 2011
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Bruce Chard teaches bonefishing schools at Andros South – but even though he’s a master bonefish angler, he always takes some time to throw flies at South Andros Island’s incredible population of barracudas. When Bruce has ‘cudas on the brain, this is the rig that he reaches for. The Summary Ross FW 1090 – 9 [...]

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