Are such diverse elements as fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, and an almost fanatical devotion to the… cause. Getting things in order for FIB Fest at Andros South next week.
Tagged: Andros South, bonefish, Deneki, trips we lucked into, Ximenez
Are such diverse elements as fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, and an almost fanatical devotion to the… cause. Getting things in order for FIB Fest at Andros South next week.
Tagged: Andros South, bonefish, Deneki, trips we lucked into, Ximenez
Awesome! If Id’a known, Id’a made you up some Sweet Ernies to try.
That would have been cool, Rob. Always love fishing others’ flies sent my way.
Dude, one word: Gotcha. Tie up a few of those bad boys in several sizes and weights. My go-to big bonefish fly? This dude right here: . #2 hook (Mustad Signature Big Game Lt, 2x-strong, for preference), medium lead eyes (for 2-4 ft of water), and craft fur wing and tail. Don’t sweat the tippet—go big and strong, at least 16-lb for the big boys and maybe even 20-lb if they start to break you off. Use a loop knot on this big stuff and the fly will still ride sweet and pretty. Yup.
Ooops, musta’ done something wrong with the image src code. It’s this fly right here: http://www.fish-bones.com/images/gotcha-clousers_bright.jpg.
L8a… and good luck down there. (I’m crazy stupid jealous, man.)
Gotchas are part of the master plan, for sure. Thanks for the well wishes and I hear you, I’m beyond psyched to be part of this trip.
Throw in some Merkins, make the wing on the gotcha’s a bit longer than you might think, put some barring on some of those wings, put some rabbit in place of the Craft Fur on some… so many variations… tie up some old school patterns like Horrors. Have fun. Catch some fish on your own ties.
Email me your address and I’ll send you a few flies.
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…put some rabbit in place of the Craft Fur on some…
Definitely. I’ve become a little anti-craft fur anyway – stuff can be brittle!
Dude! Horrors are the bomb!
My personal all-time favorite bonefish fly material: the Original Craft Fur (blond). Stuff is pretty hard to find now, actually, cause I’m not talking about the cheap-@$$ed “Select” Craft Fur (which is pretty much a guaranteed tangle on your first cast). Nor am I referring to the stuff by Darice which you can pick up at most craft stores for a 10th of what a flyshop charges (though I still buy if from fly shops anyways).
This stuff is like the best thing ever: it’s translucent, pretty tough, flexible, feathered, non-buoyant, and non absorbent. I’m talking about the original Rainy’s Craft Fur. That’s the stuff. You can use it for wings, make streamers with it, dub the underfur to make great shrimp bodies, or even figure-eight the underfur in to make crab bodies. Yeah, baby.
Sure, sure, it’s not super-crazy durable, but it’s not like I’ve ever run out of bonefish flies anyways. I mean, it only takes few minutes to whip up a Gotcha or Charlie or Christmas Island Special.
Anyways, man, good luck down there.
We are going to have to seriously represent for the bloggers left behind. Bjorn, WindKnot and Rob we’ll have to pay tribute to you all somehow.
Good little conversation we got going on here. I like it… Great blog. I just found it.