Granny and I had coffee at 5 AM with Nick Bowles and one of Ocean Actives guides, Cameron Mundy, this morning. Cameron has been guiding in Southern Oman and returned when the season ended last week. It was time to take Granny in front of Dubai for her first queenfish. I’m not sure what … Read more
Today was only the second day I didn’t fish since I arrived in the Middle East on April 3. Though my friend Nick Bowles, owner and founder of Ocean Active, offered to take Granny and I fishing, we decided it was time for a rest. And rest we did. We arrived in Dubai almost … Read more
Granny’s and my last Omani sunrise was a good one. Instead of enjoying it from the camp chairs I made coffee and watched as we headed north for Muscat. We arrived at Ray and Kerry Montoya’s house around noon. It was sad unpacking our RAV4 rental. An epic chapter in our lives has come … Read more
Sleeping in the wadi last night seemed logical to escape the dew that’s woke us up many a night here in Oman. We were a few miles from the ocean so the air was dry and there was a perfect breeze. But fifteen minutes after we put our heads down the breeze stopped and the … Read more
I definitely lost my mind for a few hours after the Africanus episode yesterday. Granny and I ended up in Salalah, Oman. The trip there happened because I kept driving south looking for rocky points and a rematch with an Africanus. Eventually I accepted that the occurrence was a rare one that may never happen … Read more
The pace has slowed here on the beaches of Oman for us Currier’s. I got up before sunrise and walked the beach with my 9-weight but unless there was a protruding tail I wasn’t looking that hard. But I very much enjoyed watching the hundreds of marauding dolphin slashing bait balls in front of camp. … Read more
We had a long day yesterday, another dewy night and Granny got chewed up by some sort of gnats. We slept till sunrise for the first time. Instead of hanging my sleeping bag to dry the dew I let it dry with me in it and watched the sun, waves and birds. While the … Read more
A tough night sleep here in Oman. It’s much hotter than our first few nights. And the dew! The dew has you soaked by 1 AM and it’s like sleeping in a sponge for the next four hours. Top that off with the fact that we haven’t showered in six days and salt and sand … Read more
I awoke at 5:45 AM to the Call to Prayer coming from Sharbithat. I sat up in my dew covered sleeping bag just in time to catch the sun popping up behind a distant mosque. The sights and sounds were almighty. We really are on the other side of the world. Then I turned to … Read more
We survived the spring high tide last night. The highest waves dampened the sand under the front tires of our RAV4 at 10 PM. We had a scary hour or so and we were lucky. We were also lucky because we had much less dew and once that tide started dropping we got a great … Read more
Granny and I had a clammy night of sleep our first night camping on the beach in Oman. We were on cots under the stars in our jungle (lightweight) sleeping bags. At about 1 AM I noticed we were getting covered in dew. By sunrise it was so thick we both were drenched from head … Read more
I’m not a fan of driving in traffic and I’m definitely not a fan of renting cars because it means double trouble – driving in traffic and usually driving in an area I’m unfamiliar with. The idea of renting a car in Muscat, Oman and cruising around has had me terrified for a month! … Read more