I know that we live in Utah but I try to get to the salt when I can, I haven't caught alot of saltwater species on the fly because most of my saltwater vacations are not fishing specific but I throw a line when I can. Here are a couple of mine (the Mackerel and small Cuda are from Florida, the Bonefish from Mexico).
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Here's a few. I don't keep the camera too handy when fishing by myself, but you get the idea.
I catch the big tarpon on white streamers. I catch the baby tarpon during daylight hours on gurglers, toads, and other top water "flies." Cudas on long green streamers. Night tarpon and snook on shrimp patterns fished within a couple inches of the surface.
All of these were caught with an 8-weight, though that big one was an "accident" because I didn't have the 10-wt. rigged and ready when I saw him, and I HAD to toss the fly on the 8-wt. to him because he was just laying there asking to be caught. He ate it, and it was a long haul of nearly 30 minutes to get a grip on him.
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Jim,
You're Cuda looks like mine[laugh], I knew you'd have some good pics. When you coming back to town? I was up in Kemmerer on Friday and it was 7 degrees[:/] but the fishing was pretty good for some nice Bows'. Remo
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I'm back now, watching the white-outs pass by through the windows. I saw your post from the other day, but looked like bigger water than Kemerrer.[
] I assume the midges you mentioned meant you might have been up above the wildlife boundary.
I need a little warmer weather to break out the 4-wt. for the 'fork or the river. After chucking that 8-wt. this winter though, not to mention the 10 wt. once in a while, I can say I'm looking forward to just casting a little fly with my wrist again!
We're you on the ranch between the ponds Friday?
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No, I was on the river at the top of the refuge. There was quite a midge hatch, in fact the spinners were covering the snow packed banks.
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I think the Ham's Fork was just in runoff [
] so it made it look a lot bigger. Mike, I can hardly tell those 2 cudas apart. Jim I'm not sure why you came back as it's still winter here. I was just this morning making plans to go to Marathon this Summer and was wishing I could be in the Keys right now. Got about 4 inches of snow in an hour or two at my house. Sorry I don't have any pictures to share I stick with a spinning rod for my limited time in salt water.
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I am still trying to figure out why he goes by Tarpon Jim?[laugh][laugh][laugh]
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if u want some great saltwater flyfishing, head out to venice La for some reds there pound for pound the hardest fight fish. i want to go back and will soon. im from new orleans and theres no better place to fish. u can go for bass to tarpon to reds to red snapper to shark. u got great pics. bet those were great fighters
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I've watched lots of shows on fishing down in Venice, LA I would love to go down there[
] Lots of flats plus some off shore.
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