Faraway Cayes, Honduras II

Faraway Cay, Honduras. This tiny gem took 27 hours by boat to get to, and only 90 minutes by helicopter to return from. It's part of the Mosquito Coast located about forty miles off the southern Honduran mainland.

Barracuda

A young Miskito Indian at Faraway Cay

Steve Brown heads back to base. Faraway Cay

A Farawy Cayes bonefish

Archie and a sea turtle

One of many large schools of bones just a mere steps onto the flat at Faraway

Miskito Indian

Young Lobster Fisherman. 15 years old

Kids who have been out at sea for over eight months on trap boats, stack wooden lobster traps at Faraway Cay to store for the brief off season. Many of these kids are only 15 and 16 years old and have brutal working conditions.

Lobster Fishermen at Faraway Cay

Lobster fishermen

Archie and a little down time...

Archie. Guide and waterman

Archie. Guide and waterman

A pristine flat

A tailing bone

Guide Portarits

A long term project of mine is taking portraits of guides all over the world. 

Here are two from my recent trip to Honduras:

Rankin

Edwin

The Mosquito Coast

Lots of images to come from my recent trip to the Faraway Cayes located in Honduras on the northern part of the Mosquito Coast. In short, it's a frontier in the fly fishing world: Nobody is out there other than Miskito Indians and trap boats (lobster fisherman). There's a distant but real threat of pirates showing up at any time to seize water and fuel and food and whatever else they need... This fishery has seen virtually no pressure to date and is massive in size other than the fact that the key we stay on is tiny.

A Miskito Indian in his panga on Faraway Cay.

Faraway Cayes, Honduras

I’m on about day 8 or 9 in Guanaja, Honduras and about to embark on an expedition, 160 nautical miles, in a 40 foot snapper boat, out to the Faraway Cays, on the Miskito Coast.  

We will be prepping (I’ll be photographing the journey) for the first guests of the season who will be arriving by helicopter about a week after we get there.  

We will be motoring around the clock straight into the east trade wind. I’ve downloaded Paul Theroux’s novel The Mosquito Coast to reread. 

We may encounter some Miskito People while out there as they should be wrapping up their shark fishing season. As it is, the plan is to stay clear of them. 

The area is also know as a cartel trafficking route which is why two members of the Honduran Army will be part of the team.  

The treasure as they say, has evolved from gold and silver—hundreds of years ago—to cocaine, fuel, and cash to now, at present, permit. 

While there are allegedly schools of hundreds and hundreds of bonefish, the draw is permit. There are also 100 to 200 pound tarpon out there and part of the preparation will be to find them... 

More to come in a few weeks... 

Steve Brown cranks out a few permit flies in preparation for a 24 hour boat ride from Guanaja, Honduras to the Faraway Cays.  

Steve Brown cranks out a few permit flies in preparation for a 24 hour boat ride from Guanaja, Honduras to the Faraway Cays.  

Big Sky Journal

Excited and honored to be featured in the new issue of Big Sky Journal. The piece is titled, "The Art Of The Insect." It's written by Allen Jones. It's on my macro photography. While I always prefer to see images in print, check out the digital version on the BSJ web site: The Art Of The Insect.

Tracks In The Snow

A conspiracy of ravens got up as though they had been perched on a kill. It turns out these ravens, lots of ravens, were hunting mice in the snow and left these great imprints behind. Big Wood River, Idaho.

Goat Herder

On a drive through the desert yesterday, I came across a goat herder along the highway. It was really foggy creating a surreal light cast.  I asked if I could take some images of him and he was good with it. He spoke to the goats in Spanish. I asked if the goats understood Spanish and he, of course, said yes.

I imagined cars, with heaters turned on and music going, racing by him all day and all winter. He was hidden in plain sight which in some ways is why I like the shadow from his hat concealing his eyes in an image below...

Goat Herder. Winter 2018. Idaho.

Goat Herder. Idaho. Winter.

Framed Limited Edition Prints

Here's a list of prints I currently have framed and ready to ship:

Limited Edition Digital Silver Prints

1/25          Havana Bar

16" x 24" print. Matted & framed the dimensions are 24" x 32"

$1,250

1/25          Malécon Car

16" x 24" print. Matted & framed the dimensions are 24" x 32"

$1,250

1/25          Parachute Adamas. Chile

16" x 24" print. Matted & framed the dimensions are 24" x 32"

$1,250

1/25          Queen's Crown. Picabo, Idaho

20" x 30" print. Matted & framed the dimensions are 29" x 38.5"

$1,650

Limited Edition Damselfly Take Series

(Set of three is $3,000 or $1,200 Individually)

 

2/100          Damselfly Take 1

16" x 24" print. Matted & framed the dimensions are 24" x 32"

$1,200

2/100          Damselfly Take 2

16" x 24" print. Matted & framed the dimensions are 24" x 32"

$1,200

2/100          Damselfly Take 3

16" x 24" print. Matted & framed the dimensions are 24" x 32"

$1,200

Silver Creek Sunrise

The moonset and sunrise this morning, at least in Picabo, Idaho, was almost simultaneous.

Moonset. Picabo, Idaho.

John Huber throws a decoy into Silver Creek.

Artist, Ed Anderson, at dawn.

Sunrise & Coffee in the blind.

Anglers Bar, Hagerman

After Chukar hunting near the Snake River with a few friends recently, we went in to Anglers Bar in Hagerman for a beer. I brought my camera in... We met Lioux (pronounced Lou) who recently moved to Hagerman. I asked if I could take a photo of her. I've found it's far easier for me to ask a stranger for a photo than someone I know. I was drawn to the light from this window pouring into a much darker room. 

The Murray Bar

Excited to have the photography in a featured piece on fly fishing guides and drinking by Callan Wink in the current issue of Angler's Journal. I was sent over to Livingston, Montana in August. Longtime Livingston area guide, Dan Lahren, helped gather the guides at The Murray Bar. One of the best parts of assignments like this is getting to know new people like Dan Lahren. Dan is best known for being Jim Harrison's guide for many years and for being the fixer in Anthony Bourdain's episode on Livingston, Montana.

You can subscribe to the print version of Angler's Journal Here or to the digital version HERE.

The opening spread... Check out Angler's Journal to read Callan Wink's piece and to see the entire ten page story.