Something fishy, we can disclose.

Businessman Mr. William Rewalt, who happens to be a Bermudian, has helped the British territory launch a successful mega-bucks game-fishing event.

Apparently unable to sell his novel idea for a million-dollar-prize fishing tournament to the Bermuda Government, the keen sports fisherman, having moved to the British territory for a job in an exempted company there, tried it on the Caymanians...and they bit, er, hook, line and sinker.

The Caymans, which are boasting a 20-percent jump in tourism this year, are now hosts of the prestigious two-week summer event which attracts hundreds of sports fishermen and fishing enthusiasts from around the world, according to Independent Sen. Alf Oughton. "It's ironic I think,'' he said.

He told Senators during a debate this week that Mr. Rewalt recently returned from a marketing blitz as far afield as Finland.

The $1 million prize has not been awarded because no one has met the unique catch criteria.

However, dozens of $10,000 prizes plus travel awards have been won, he said.

Sen. Oughton had been making the point that Bermuda needed to take a hard and open-minded look at its selling strategies to increase its competitiveness in the world tourism market.

*** Nobody could ever accuse Sonesta Beach boss David Boyd of not lifting a finger for his wife, Susan.

Certainly not after Mrs. Boyd's recent tale of woe...which has about it, well, a certain ring.

Poor Mrs. Boyd was left devastated on Sunday after some light-fingered swine swiped her jewellery from the back of her cart while she was playing golf at Ocean View.

The haul included three rather snazzy gold rings, including a flat wedding band her husband bought her all of 28 years ago.

"They're all of great sentimental value,'' said Mrs. Boyd. "I had taken the jewellery off and put them in bags at the back of the cart while I played. The thief must have acted very quickly.'' After hearing about the theft, her husband immediately offered a helping hand -- literally.

He decided to get his own wedding band melted down and recast into two rings.

For Mr. Boyd, it seems, good service is as important at home as it is at work, and the wonderful gesture has proved at least partial compensation to his wife.

Of course, however, Mrs. Boyd would dearly love to get the stolen rings back.

*** When there is a new collectible to be had, local autograph hound Mr. Leon Edmead is never one to be left out.

An Associated Press wire story recently quoted Guyana's postmaster as saying the country's recent issue of commemorative stamps featuring sports figures had proven so popular that none were available to mail letters.

The reason? Football and broadcasting star and accused murderer O.J.

Simpson was included along with cricketer Rohan Kanhai, tennis player Gabriela Sabatini, golfer Seve Ballesteros, soccer players Franz Beckenbauer and Pele, basketball great Wilt Chamberlain, and gymnast Nadia Comaneci.

The choice to include O.J. was apparently made before the horrific double murder, but sets of the stamps are now sold with one card detailing the Juice's football achievements and another giving a minute-by-minute account of the events of June 12, 1994.

Though none of the stamps could be found in Guyana, Mr. Edmead produced a set in Bermuda -- not yet autographed.

He bought them through an American dealer for $13.95 and is confident their value will soar.