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Article: BONE OF CONTENTION BELIZE ANGLERS CONSIDER DASHING, SILVER BONEFISH PRIME SALTWATER PRIZE.(Sports)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- December 18, 2003
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Byline: Bill Becher Special to the Daily News
TURNEFFE FLATS, Belize - Chrome plate a 5-pound trout, feed it a couple of double espressos and you have a pretty good idea of what a bonefish is like - shiny, nervous and a favorite quarry for saltwater fly anglers.
If you hook one, it takes off on a screaming run that slices the fly line through the water so fast it kicks up a mini rooster tail.
Turneffe Flats, a resort off the coast of Belize, specializes in helping fly anglers catch bonefish.
The fishing program at Turneffe Flats is get up, eat, fish, eat, sleep, get up, fish. If your guide is Jorge Morales, a Belizian with a passion ...