So many things must come together when sight fishing with a fly !
Unless you go to the Seychelles, where you'll be bored with bonefish after the first couple of hours. At the turn of the tide, they're plague like.
So many things must come together when sight fishing with a fly !
What are you covering from, sun or bugs?
I've been saltwater flyfishing for 20 years, although not so much now as I used to. There was a period when I was going to Alphonse Island two or three times a year to chase bonies and Milkfish. Milkfish are like bonefish on steroids, a ridiculous fish. Spent a lot of time at the top end of Australia chasing big Trevally and Queenfish too.
Here's a Milkfish on the flats, on a fly. These things will jump 20 feet into the air when hooked, then head for deeper water at a speed that would embarrass a Bonefish. Check out its tail.
Going soon for two weeks of Rooster & Amber Jack fishing , as always this will freestyle no guide . We will be fishing The Sea of Cortez hunting the surf for Rooster fish day time . Evenings will be spent hunting predators crashing bait fish . These Roosters will test my 40+ years of surf fishing with a 7 weight rod .
F-Hole John get a load of this......
Last year I spent 4 days of a 6 day trip on this flat.
I caught only one bone on a 9wt Sage.
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I'll be back there the 2nd week in May for 7 days.
Why?
Because.
I'll be knee to hip deep in the ocean.
In Hawaii.
Attempting to traumatize little fishes for sport.
With 2 manapua in my backpack.
And an asspocket of whiskey.
I don't believe in a bucket list.
Lists are for grocery shopping.
you know I tried to get a golf thing going to get people to come to pinehurst but maybe we need to get a les paul forum saltwater fly fisherman's trip going
We fished Box Canyon to the ranch yesterday lots of fish , Back to the Madison we have a cabin on the Madison and really have had some great fishing .Did that last year and the year before. Go down to the Snake side. Avoid the areas too close to the tourist busses...