{"id":8271,"date":"2022-04-05T22:53:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T02:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/?p=8271"},"modified":"2022-08-30T02:02:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T06:02:46","slug":"straight-path-crooked-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/straight-path-crooked-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Straight Path to Crooked Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Straight Path to Crooked Island<\/h1>\n

by Al Quattrocchi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wading across warm, clear, ankle-deep water on endless flats with a fly rod in hand, as large schools of tailing bonefish wake through the current, can be as good as it gets in saltwater sight fishing. Crooked Island and Acklins, part of a Bahamian atoll nestled between the more populated Grand Bahama to the north and Turks and Caicos to the south, is home to some of the largest wading flats in the southern Bahamas.<\/p>\n

I visited Crooked Island for the first time with a small group of my fly fishing friends in December. Our anticipation was sky high after covid-related travel restrictions knocked us out of a trip a year and a half ago. Traveling there still isn\u2019t easy: Entering the Bahamas and traveling between islands requires a Bahamas Travel Health Visa (travel.gov.bs), proof of vaccine card, and a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours of entry. Proof of a negative test also is required prior to reentry to the United States. It\u2019s inconvenient, but it\u2019s worth the hassle when you step off the plane in Crooked Island.<\/p>\n

\"Wading<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a relatively sleepy, not-too-touristy fly fishing destination that\u2019s easily accessible to US anglers by charter plane through Nassau. Home to the country\u2019s first post office and high school, it\u2019s the Bahamas\u2019 definition of seclusion. There\u2019s a single early-Saturday charter flight out of Nassau each week, so it\u2019s best to stay in Nassau on a Friday night to catch the flight the following day. There\u2019s also a Wednesday flight, but most guides take off Saturdays, so you\u2019ll likely miss a day of guided fishing with a midweek round-trip schedule.<\/p>\n

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