We were both shooting a Nikon D200. Mine with a Nikon 28-200 vibration reduction lens. The camera will do four frames a second which really helps capture the leaping tarpon pix. Of course it also helps whne you jump a lot. The guide wanted us to put out about 110 feet of line, so the initial jump was too far away for a great shot. Since we had several strikes while letting line out I think we can fish much closer to the boat, and will do so next time. Ryley's with the 28-200 and a really cool Tokina 11-16. I liked the Tokina so much I ordered one for myself. The Tokina 11-16 gets such great reviews it’s hard to find one. I searched a good bit before finding one at 17th street camera in New York. Price roughly $600


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No issues with mosquitoes. We had a couple the one night we spent in a village, but not too many and none whatsoever at Bluefields. We each got one of two bites from a critter like a deer fly. No issues with G>I> stuff. The lodge water is form a good well. In the village we drank rain water, which is very abundant. The house where we stayed had several 200-300 gallon barrel filled with rain water. When Ryley asked how long it took to fill one the guy said, “About 15 minutes” Later we decided it didn’t take nearly that long.