• Before you put your engine in gear, have a look around yacht for floating ropes that may block or damage your propeller or gearbox. When you want to go from forward to backward, do it after you let engine speed drop to idling.

• Avoid towing your dinghy especially in rough weather, as you may lose it. It's better to keep it secured in front of mast. Remember that lost items are always charged to charterer. In case you need tug help and before you accept it, agree on price and ask for a receipt that clearly states that no further payment will be asked.

• Avoid dropping papers or napkins in toilet bowl. It's better to use plastic bags for waste papers. Toilet pumps are not able to dissolve such things.

• Remember to close main switch at top of gas bottle when you don't use gas stove or when nobody is on board.

• While refilling either water or fuel tanks, make sure not to mix fuel with water or water with fuel. In both cases situation becomes unpleasant and difficult to be repaired.

• Keep always an eye on hour counter of your motor and make sure that you have sufficient amount of fuel in your tank. The fuel gauge is not always reliable, so check hours that you have used motor.

• Do not throw plastic bottles, cans or any other waste in sea. Keep them on board and remove immediately at first harbour.

• It is also requested not to raise any flag, other than Greek, at aft side of yacht, as it is against Greek and International marine regulations.

CAUTION : If yacht is equipped with DSC VHF, DO NOT PRESS DISTRESS SIGNAL BUTTON UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY (FIRE - COLLISION - GROUNDING - SINKING).There is a penalty for unnecessary use.

- For more information please check http://www.seascope-sailing.com

Techniques:

Early in morning, I usually fish banks with steamers. Casting out Woolly Buggers, Woolly Worms, Muddler Minnows, and even a leech pattern or two. One to three feet of water is where I concentrate, while bass cruise actively looking for fish to eat. In spring time by afternoon I have switched to floating bass bugs. The very thing that makes bass fly fishing so fun. Casting one toward a nice looking bass hiding spot, I allow it to sit there for a few seconds. If you allowed fly to ‘pop’ upon landing and have a nice bass picked out, often times this all that is needed for bucketmouth to inhale your offering. Make sure your rod tip is at proper angle to absorb hit, or game will be over before it begins. If after a few seconds ‘hit’ doesn’t occur, begin retrieving your fly at intermittent intervals like would occur in nature. This ‘popping’ action is what attracts bass to your offering. Watch for wake as great hunter is not at all shy, and remember especially trout anglers, bass’s mouth is huge and these animals were built for eating.

Flies:

Well, The Big Y Fly Co. (http://www.bigyflyco.com) is about selling flies, so you didn’t think we would forget that did you. If it is still unclear bass are opportunistic carnivores with huge mouths, that will eat anything. There are usual bass bugs that float like Frog, and Mouse Rat. Then there are divers, that float and then sink when you retrieve them, like Dahlberg divers. And then there are streamers, like Woolly Buggers, Clouser minnows. Furthermore for those hot days or big reservoirs, there are sculpins and leeches, that like bass will seek deep water.

The great Largemouth Bass has soared in popularity like few other game fish. If you haven’t ever experienced fighting one of these, you are missing out on something special. Now introduced virtually everywhere throughout continent on North America, there bound to be some great bass fishing not for from your door.