Author name: rlw

I'm never sure whether to describe myself as a film maker who sails or a sailor/boatbuilder who makes films...Either way I'm a pretty happy camper when all is said and done.

and the circle goes on…

I’ve been muddling over something of a conundrum about what makes a good starter fishing package for someone just getting into it… and the going has not been easy. The problem with most starter gear or packages is it’s mostly crap but cheap. If you start out with crappy gear your experience will be less …

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Projects abound…

I’m just about to do a remake of my lobster snare as the stainless wire I used took about a day to start rusting and only a couple of weeks to become unusable. The new version will use some heavy mono fishing line (200 pound test) and should make the mark two version maintenance free… …

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Ciguatera blues…

The other day I was snorkeling to check my anchor and came across a rather large grouper in the process… Now grouper is one of my favorite fish but the ciguatera throughout the Caribbean makes the idea of reef fish of any sort a bit nervous making… There has been a kit available (Cigua-Check) for …

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Mahi Mahi…

This weekend coming back from shopping we noticed as we were leaving the dinghy dock a big fish swimming under one of the docks… Big fish here are pretty common as we have a hellacious number of real big Tarpon who hang out near the docks waiting for the sports-fisherman to clean their catch and …

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