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10-13-2008, 06:58 PM
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GrandBob
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 3,547
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Derby Bones lessons
Lesson number one: Pick the right color. Wrong color means they will only follow and short take.
Lesson number two: Do not crush the barb on your fly. These guys run right at ya, hard!
Lesson number three: Use a wire bite guard. These guys have teeth and can cut you off.
Having a beach full of bones with your fly rod in hand and none on the derby big board, priceless. Not putting a fish on the beach (as the guy at Coop's put) "that had to hurt". Like you will never know, like you will never know......OUCH! OUCH! OUCH.....(I suck)
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10-13-2008, 08:01 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Westport
Posts: 841
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Thanks for the lessons! I have not yet had the pleasure of being smoked by a bone.  |
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10-13-2008, 08:19 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Don't overreact. White is the right color for bonita, think bunny fly, they are not as fussy as their little tunny cousins. You don't want a wire trace, though a longer shank hook and epoxy head to slide thru their teeth and result in a jawbone hookup is useful. Flyfishing with barbs is asking for trouble. Their teeth are pin-like. The line will lay between them. You can catch them with 6 lb tippet (not that I use it anymore, but I used to pre-fluoro). Avoid loop knots. The main problem with bonito is that they often clamp down on soft bodied flies (such as silicone over braid tube) without getting hooked (sort of like a bluefish and wooden plugs). You get a long run then a dropped fly. Wonderful flyrod fish and great eating.
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10-13-2008, 09:09 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: In the water
Posts: 461
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#1 I agree with but 2 and 3 I disagree. I fish barbless on all my flies and lures for them and haven't lost a fish yet because of it. Alot of times a quick release boatside with barbless hooks can make the difference between whether they swim away alive or not. Also, I haven't lost a fish yet to their teeth from not fishing wire. I use 10, 12, or 15lb Fluorocarbon.
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10-14-2008, 03:26 AM
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Spot Preserver
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 2,461
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The bone master is Little Round. PM him.
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Make America Great Again.
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10-14-2008, 09:20 AM
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M.S.B.A.
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: I live in the Villiage of Hyannis in the Town of Barnstable in the Commonwealth of MA
Posts: 2,795
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Quote:
Originally Posted by keeperreaper
The bone master is Little Round. PM him.
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Having heard the stories first hand I will say that rphud did nothing wrong...he just got "boned" and that takes a bit of getting used to for novice "boneheads". |
"It is impossible to complain and to achieve at the same time"--Basic Patrick (on a good day)
 
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10-14-2008, 01:04 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,649
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What is bizarre about bones are how easy they are to catch from a boat. They will hit an umbrella rig on wire and are not finicky. I went out last week (on a boat) and doubled up every pass (with yo-zuri minnows on braid with a mono leader) and we left because I was tired of catching them. (they were only 4-6#) I agree from shore it is a different story but I think the reason is that there are not many of them in close. When a lot of them show up I think the competition factor kicks in and they strike without thinking about it. A few years back you could catch them like bluefish off the beach. It is different now.
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