Fly Fishing for Bonefish

by Dick Brown

Overview

Chasing the lightning-fast bonefish across the south Pacific, Florida, and the Caribbean is for many anglers a near obsession, and this is the handbook to such fly-fishing adventure. Author Dick Brown, a widely experienced bonefisher and fly tyer who writes for several angling journals, offers keen advice for successful bonefishing – both his insights and those of other experts such as Lefty Kreh, Ben Estes, and Stu Apte. Brown and his cohorts help the reader spot, stalk, cast to and strike this most wily, challenging quarry. He also analyzes the use of numerous flies, telling which patterns work best and when, and details superb bonefishing destinations with fully up-to-date information.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493039715
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/01/2019
Edition description:	New and Revised
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Dick Brown headed corporate communications for a Fortune 500 computer company before retiring to pursue his two favorite gamefish, Atlantic salmon and bonefish. He has bonefished in Bimini, Andros, the Bahamas, and the Florida Keys.

Table of Contents

Preface viii

Acknowledgments xii

Introduction xv

1 Fly Fishing for Bonefish: The Ultimate Challenge in Angling 1

2 Understanding the Bonefish 12

3 What Bonefish Eat 43

4 Reading Bonefish Water 65

5 Finding and Seeing Bonefish 87

6 Selecting Bonefish Flies 107

7 Casting to Bonefish 140

8 Hooking, Playing, and Releasing 162

9 Wading for Bonefish 179

10 Fly-Fishing Equipment 191

11 Personal Gear, Clothing, and Other Tackle 218

12 Tying Bonefish Flies 229

13 Bonefishing Destinations 267

14 Advice from Some Veterans of the Flats 309

Bibliography 330

Index 336

Recipe

Fly Fishing for Bonefish offers a definitive profile of this elusive fish and thoroughly describes the skills needed to catch it. Author Dick Brown shows how to find and see bonefish—how to spot feeding and mudding signs; how to understand the camouflage techniques the fish employs; and how temperature, tide, and weather all affect fish movement. He instructs how to target cruising and tailing fish, which stripping techniques work best, how to set your drag, and the most effective ways to strike and fight bonefish. An especially crucial section instructs the reader on fly selection and design, with color plates of more than seventy patterns tied by some of the most innovative fly tyers in the world, including Carl Richards, Craig Mathews, Jack Gartside, Jeffrey Cardenas, Lefty Kreh, Ben Estes, Tim Borski, and Jim Orthwein, among others.
 
The author also catalogs major bonefish destinations around the world. With its many photographs, dozens of line drawings by Bob White, and authoritative and extensive text, Fly Fishing for Bonefish is the definitive book on the species that is one of the greatest challenges in ?y fishing.