Buccaneers and Bones

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Last year was a good year… healthy steelhead returns and many new friendships graced 2011, making high spirits soar.
Perhaps that was the reason for a call in September asking my availability for March this year.
Orion multimedia was filming Buccaneers and Bones at Deep Water Cay in the Bahamas and was looking to piece together the next season’s “Buccaneers”; Patagonia kindly offered them up my name.
I don’t have many (honestly, any) photos as I was busy “working”… but here are a few to fill the space until the series airs:
Sharing some tales with Yvon and Bill.
The Buccaneers: Bill Klyn, Owner Paul Vahldiek, Yvon Chouinard, Thomas Mcguane, Tom Brokaw, Orion’s Chris Dorsey, Scott Blackwell

Celebrating Paul’s birthday.

Getting ready to hit the big sea with young record chaser Heather Harvaky.

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April Vokey
April Vokey is a fly fishing writer, FFF certified casting instructor, fly-tyer, speaker, and host of the popular fishing podcast, Anchored. After ten years of guiding in British Columbia, she now splits her year between camp in northern BC and Australia.
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