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02/01/14 bonefishing hawaii: there's more to bones than bamboo rods. (the bonus blog)
wednesday
and thursday looked good so doug and i decided to give it another go on
friday. we got on the water late (by
bonefishing standards) as usual. well
actually a little later. i got the
meeting time wrong from our, somewhat convoluted, conversation. i was downloading cheap trick songs to my
ipod when doug called me to see where i was... oops. i grabbed my stuff and raced out the door to
meet him. better late than never.
i used my
sage 691-4 method and abel classic
reel again. this is such a perfect
combo, i just can’t stop using it. just thinking
about it now puts a smile on my face.
doug fished the new tfo
mangrove 8wt. and his “only doug” purple nautilus
nv reel.
pure perfection! it was
pretty nice when we got out there but in an hour or so the weather took a
serious turn for the worse. afternoon
clouds grew thick and rain was almost a certainty. the winds picked up significantly from the
south east as the front made landfall. we
toughed out the rain and the fishing wasn’t half bad. we both caught a bunch of bones including a
couple in the “good size” category. i usually
just describe the size of the bones i catch in one of four categories micro,
rat, good size, and big. there are no
actual size measurements that i have ever attached to these labels but if i had
to take a stab at it i would say micros are under three pounds. rat is by far
the largest category and covers everything bigger than a micro to about six or
seven pounds. it’s the run of the mill everyday size bone. good size would be those that aren’t big but
too big to be called a rat and big is just anything bigger than that. this classification system makes it easier to
get the gist of how buddies did out on the water. hooked a couple rats or so
and so caught a big one... nuff said.
anyway, it turned out to be a pretty nasty
weather with some pretty decent fishing.
these days, especially in the winter, you just never know what you’ll be
up against out there. my advice is to
hone those fishing skills and be ready to take on whatever the gods throw at
you. could make all the difference... i’ll
see you on the water.
method doing some damage on friday.
meanwhile doug was doing some damage of his own on another part of the flat.
doug catches more tagged fish than anyone i know. i think i've only caught one tagged fish ever. maybe it is the areas he frequently fishes or maybe he is catching his own fish over and over. i like to think that he's just catching the dumb ones that will bite anything... repeatedly.
the pig lips of a "good size" bone.
i got lucky, this guy ran off the flat then made a u turn and ran back onto the flat and i was able to land it with the six. the next good sized one i hooked i wasn't so lucky and got wrecked.
doug and his "thick" fish.
whether
it be single or two hand, bamboo or graphite, shallow or deep, rain or sun, sight fishing or
bombing, biggest of bigs or microest of micros, however you choose to do
it. chasing bones in hawaii is always all about... good times. clay.
"Nervous Water Fly Fishers- your guide to fly fishing in Hawaii"
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