Spring Is Coming – Gear Up and Save Big!

The weather is finally warming up which means only one thing, spring is coming! We all know that spring can be an awesome time for fishing so we’ve teamed up with our friends at OpenSky to offer our readers another great promotion! We’re offering 15% off one of Abu Garcia’s hottest reels, The Revo Turo, so you can gear up for catching some big fish this year. Not only can you save 15% but you can also send your proof or purchase to Abu Garcia and receive a free pair of Wiley X sunglasses, valued at over $125!

Click the image below to head to OpenSky’s spring promotion page, where you can save 10% on all spring products – select the Abu Revo Turo reel and use promo code is REEL15 to save 15%

This offer is only good from March 4th – 11th and while supplies last, so act quickly!

Download the Wily X coupon from Abu Garcia (PDF)

This is Fly 21

With the new year comes a new issue of This Is Fly. Check it out!

This Is Fly Issue 19

Another excellent issue of This Is Fly is now available for your viewing pleasure. Check it out!

BBQ’d Tongue Eating Fish Parasite!

MMMM! Delicious! I love a good BBQ, but I can say with absolute certainty that BBQing a cymothoa exigua isn’t going to make it taste any better. That being said, these parasites do no real damage to fish they inhabit. And according to reliable sources, eating fish containing the parasite is perfectly safe.

Personally I’d be a little put off if something this gnarly looking crawled out of the face of my dinner, and so was David…

I purchased a 6kg pack of sea bass, cleaned and gutted four and popped two of them on my barbecue.

After about 10 minutes I turned them over, and after a further 5 minutes went to check on them. It must have become too hot in there for the parasite, which became visible half out of the fish’s mouth.

I didn’t realize what it was, so didn’t check to see if the fish still had a tongue. I’m not even sure if the parasite crawled out, or was pushed out as a result of the fish cooking.

We are not intending to eat sea bass for a while!!

Regards,
David

Thanks David!

Farewell George Bush!

Well, George Bush’s reign of terror has finally come to an end. Perhaps best known for being the first monkey president, George Bush is also the fishingest president of all time. Here are a few shots of the former president spending another hard day at the office.

Bush senior is no slouch when it comes to fishing either. Here he is with a monster tarpon…which is almost certainly Photoshopped.

And finally, a shot of the Bush family fishing with their good buddy, Russian President, Vladimir Putin.