{"id":1615,"date":"2017-05-19T12:37:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T12:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/?p=1615"},"modified":"2021-01-10T04:55:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T08:55:41","slug":"broke-and-fly-guadeloupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/broke-and-fly-guadeloupe\/","title":{"rendered":"Guadeloupe by Broke and Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GUADELOUPE: THE FILM AND FRIENDSHIPS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Peter Husted<\/p>\n

\"Tarpon<\/span><\/p>\n

So, there I was, sitting with a couple of buds talking about our next trip to the tropics while having a cup of hot coffee in freezing, cold Denmark. At this point neither of us had any idea that in few months we would be knee deep in the warm, gin-clear waters of the caribbean.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This whole thing started as I began talking with Jesse Males of Backwater Fly Fishing about collaborating on a bonefish film project. After a few weeks of tossing ideas back and forth it was clear we were going to have to make this thing happen. We started off the planning process with the usual bonefish locations in mind, but then decided to pick a place not too many people think of as a fly fishing destination, the French island of Guadeloupe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Up until this point there had been talk about joining forces between Backwater Fly Fishing and my own project Water\u2019s Edge Media. Although we weren\u2019t sure exactly how this whole thing would pan out, we booked our plane tickets, some rental cars, and a cheap crash pad\u2014and never looked back. This balls to the wall approach to this trip is what lead to the creation of our joint platform Broke and Fly Productions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"bonefishWhile my friends and I had to chill out in Denmark the entire time before catching our direct flight from Paris to Guadeloupe, Jesse and his friend Micah made the best of a two day layover in Ft. Lauderdale by chasing some peacock bass and Mayan cichlids on the fly. Lucky bastards!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now once we all met up on the island the stoke was high and we couldn\u2019t wait to get out on the water and chase some bonefish. While we did see plenty of tailing bonefish on the flats day after day, we couldn\u2019t have been more wrong about the catch-ability of these fish. After the first few days, we still had yet to land one of these stubborn fish.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Tarpon<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the tough fishing, the trip was a great time for Jesse and I to finally meet. Believe it or not, before this trip we had never fished together; however, after the week was over we were already planning what our next adventure would be and how we were going to make this whole joint project work out in the long run. With the same outlook on life and comedy, we knew it would come together one way or another.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nOnce the trip was done and we all got back to our busy lives, the real work of editing a film out of a bunch of nonsense and no fish began. I gotta say, Jesse is a cool guy with a lot of rad ideas when it comes to editing. Surprisingly, we found ourselves coming up with the same thought about clips and angles which made the editing process a blast. Well, after Skyping for pretty much a month straight we felt like we had made some progress on the video and solidified our Broke and Fly platform.\"Tarpon <\/span><\/p>\n

Looking back, I have to say this whole adventure was an absolute blast! We already have big plans for our next project and hope to continue working with one another to see where this friendship leads. Chances are there will be plenty more crappy beers, cheap tequilas, and fish-less days. But hell, that is what this Broke and Fly thing is all about!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

____________________ \u00a0THE FILM: GUADELOUPE ______________________<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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