Flats Fishing It All Began with Bonefish Thomas Søbirk and Peter Lyngby
Are you considering that first saltwater trip to the tropics? There is so much to choose from these days, still our friends at Getaway Fly Fishing are quick to point out where to start: With bonefish. That’s where it all began and, in their opinion, it’s where any newcomer will get a feel for what makes flats fishing so exhilarating.
Nowadays,
we can look at big fish all day (and all
Bonefish on Fly Rods
night!) on social media. If it swims, it can – and will – be caught on a
Fly fishing for bonefish was considered pretty damn cool when
fly. Fly fishing in warm saltwater looks great: The scenery, the color
we started fishing for them in the nineties. Most books or articles
of the water, the blue skies and, of course, the fish. It’s a completely
covering the subject would focus on how difficult they were to
different scenario these days than when we started traveling the
catch: “The grey ghosts of the flats – you’ll never see them without a
world decades ago.
guide”, “Bonefish are so spooky most of them must surely die from ulcers”, “You must double-haul and be prepared to cast straight
Now it’s: “GT on fly – let’s do it! Huge tarpon in the jungle – why
into the wind” and so on.
not? Roosterfish from the beach – so cool… Kings and queens down under – sure thing mate! Even permit – they’re not so difficult
When we finally got a chance to fish for them, it was almost
anymore, right?”. The list keeps growing. By now, it’s getting so long
surprising to learn that you could actually catch a few, at least as
that many forget where it all started: It all began with bonefish.
long as you did everything right - which, like everyone else just
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