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wait. Almost immediately Vokey was casting
to a pack of large GTs coming up the edge. But
at the end of the day we were scratching our
heads, after enduring one refusal after another.
Between the two of us, we probably had 12 legit
shots at descent size GTs. During our boat ride
to the lodge we began scheming for the next
day. We agreed: Downsizing our flies and leaders
would hopefully pay dividends.
DAY FOUR
Fishing the backcountry of Christmas Island
is one of my favorite elements of a trip here.
Walking on hard ground with a short, sand
edge near the deeper water is a prime spot to
target large GTs, bonefish, golden trevally, and
triggers. On this day, Crump, Kate Taylor, Whitney
Gould, Jeremy Koreski, Vokey, and myself were
all fishing together. We started off the
morning looking for GTs and had a
few show up, but again we had little
success. As the boat came back
to pick us up Crump, Taylor
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