fish_man, Author at Skinny Waters

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Entries by fish_man

Christmas Island, Kiritimati

The Skinny Waters Research Team has Unearthed Some Explosive Content!

Christmas Island, long known for it’s fantastic fly and spin fishing, has an interesting past that most folks don’t know about. In the late 1950’s they tested 4 hydrogen bombs. The crack research team at Skinny Waters have unearthed some of the footage that we are guessing was recently released/unclassified. The British military built a […]

April 18, 2024 by fish_man

Christmas Island, Fishing Report, Fly Fishing, Kiritimati

Christmas Island Fishing Report, Opening Week

A couple friends/clients were lucky enough to be on the first flight back into Kiritimati. The lodges, locals and fish had been visitor free for over 3 years. I’ll summarize their experiences re-entering the fly fishing mecca we all missed so badly… Fiji Airways stressed the necessity to show a vaccine card upon arrival to […]

May 14, 2023 by fish_man

Announcement, Christmas Island

Christmas Island is NOW OPEN!

After almost 39 months, a Fiji Airways flight with about 25 fishermen landed on Kiritimati (Christmas Island) on May 3rd. Skinny Waters had a few fishermen in this first group of Guinea pigs and what follows is a second hand report of how the arrival went: Leading up to the first flight in, Fiji Airways […]

May 3, 2023 by fish_man

Africa, Fly Fishing, Port Sudan, Red Sea, Travel

Skinny Waters takes on the Nubian Flats

In late March, we traveled to Port Sudan with 4 anglers to fly fish the Red Sea for 2 weeks… Wild Sea Expeditions helped put the trip together for us and as usual, they did a great job. Half the fun of this kind of trip is the adventure just to get to Port Sudan. […]

April 25, 2023 by fish_man

Announcement, Christmas Island, Travel Restrictions

Christmas Island Opening Delayed… Again!

Yep, almost three years since a commercial flight has landed at Cassidy Airport. Frantically, we were hoping the early December 2022 opening wasn’t another mirage. Not the case, right now there are no flights available until April 2023. A few days ago, all of us who had flights booked this December and January received emails […]

November 28, 2022 by fish_man

Announcement, Christmas Island, COVID, Travel Restrictions

COVID Requirements for Christmas Island Opening

More and more signs point to Christmas Island opening in early December. I just received this document listing the requirements to be allowed in. Seems like a Honolulu COVID test will be required to make the 24 hour deadline. Also note the information that has to be included on the test results. Can’t wait to […]

November 14, 2022 by fish_man