Hey JapanRon: You were talking about flyrodding those killer bones...story. I flyrodded around Bills bait receiver last Sat and had a blast. I tied up two simple flys. They were yellow chennelle bodies with a short marabou tail that's all, nothing fancy. The hook was a 3x long number #4. I started with both flys on the leader and after one cast, not even a back cast, I hooked two bones at the same time. Now, last week the bones were small so two fish were'nt hard to land but this time they just about tore me a new one. Yes, they are getting bigger. And besides the bones I caught 4 or 5 skinnies, 2 halibut, mackerel, needlefish and many other brown bait types. Bills bait receiver is positioned in really shallow water so the flies are getting into the lower zone It was a blast.
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Hi there gvanzant,
You lucky hounddog! The 3X shank are a good idea but if you don't mind the hardware.... you can eproxy the bodies of the bonehead flies, add a stinger and ...... strike a little earlier than usual.
Saves lots fly replacement especially during a 30 minute window when the big boys are in town and you're pressed for time.
Hope to see you Thursday!
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JapanRon: Those flys are so simple I can tie one in 20 seconds. For your insight. If you watch a bonita strike your lure, fly,or bait they always run up beside them and take a hard turn to grab them sideways. They do not take them tail first. You can especially see them from the pier rolling on the baits sideways. So, you can fish with fairly large lures. Back in the late 40's and 50's when you could fish for bonita in the harbor we fished with flylined frozen anchovies from the wharfs (now-a-days you would get shot). When the school found your bait they would make passes on the bait before any would actually grab it. Three or four fish would roll sideways under the chovey and when one did take it it was always directly sideways. I have been using stingers on Fish-Traps for trout. Yes they don't miss.
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Hi there gvanzant,
Sure enough! For bonito I'd strip and pulled so fast (without casting out any more distance than necessary) I 'felt' I was safe from bite-off from the bonito and the barries that seemed to be friends with the boneheads. Sometimes all you had to do is slap the water in an almost continous motion to get hooked up.
Really wierd! Sometimes I'd hook a small barrie right in the tip of the snout.
JapanRon
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