08-19-2004, 06:09 PM
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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