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Fundraiser for the Owners & Staff of Lagoon View Resort

If we are lucky, Christmas Island will open its borders to fly fisherman sometime in January 2022. People from many countries eagerly await the chance to fish there again. Meanwhile, the people on the island have seen no real income for a year…
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It's Official! Christmas Island to open up to Fly Fisherman in January 2022!

Christmas Island shut down to visitors in Mid-February of 2020. Skinny Waters had fisherman waiting to board in the Honolulu airport when the the intercom lit up to announce that the island was immediately closed. That was the start of what…
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When will Kiritimati (Christmas Island) Open?

The question everyone wants an answer to, when will Christmas Island open up its borders to fly fishermen? The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration for the country of Kiribati just posted that the current shut down will continue until…
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Christmas Island and the 2021 Fly Fishing Film Tour

Before Covid, before the shut down and before things quit being normal, seven ladies and photographer/film maker, Jessica Haydahl Richardson visited Christmas Island for a week of guided fly fishing at Lagoon View Resort. Fast forward to March…
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Christmas Island and Covid Update

The vast DIY fly fishing options that Christmas Island offers are still currently unavailable to visitors. The bonefish, giant trevally and triggerfish that have now forgotten the difference between a fly and a live shrimp won't be reminded…
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COVID and Christmas Island

It's not too late to give! Please contribute if you're able. To help Lagoon View Resort during the COVID-19 crisis, Skinny Waters started a Go Fund Me page, these funds are going to help Timei and his family, the staff and the guides at the…