Amanda Willshire

Fly fishing French Polynesia
Part six, day five

Slide 1: Mato! This pup is a guard dog-in-training but I think he may be better suited for welcoming committee and/or guest entertainment.

Slide 2: One of many species of giant clam found in French Polynesia.

Slide 3: Jen (@lofgrenjen) with a beautiful Bohar. From what I have read, juvenile bohars tend to be lighter in color while adults are a brighter to dark red.

Slide 4: Rafael, Jr. with the napoleon wrasse I was fortunate to catch.

Slide 5: Jen releases a beautiful, light-colored Titan, aka “Moustache”, triggerfish. Titans have the distinctive mustache on their upper lip but can vary in body color. Mother Nature truly is a badass!

Slide 6: Finishing up the day with another delicious meal. Stacey (@stbenham) perfectly sears steak for us.

Slide 7: Two languages are spoken in French Polynesia, Tahitian and French. While no one in our group spoke much French or any Tahitian, we relied upon google translate to converse with Flo and Pierre. Sarah was the keeper of the phone for this and when Flo wanted to tell us something (which was often!) she would call out for Sarah to help her get the message to us.

***Guess the “multiple captions” only works part of the time.