The Bahamas has “not even scratched 10 percent” of the fly fishing industry’s economic potential, it was asserted yesterday, amid “urgent” calls for it to rapidly increase guide numbers to “catch up” with rivals.

#Prescott Smith, the Bahamas Fly Fishing Industry Association’s president, even suggested to the Andros Business Outlook conference that this nation is losing “billions” in fly and bonefishing revenues because the sector lacks a dedicated marketing unit within the Ministry of Tourism.

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