Some bonefish flies

[karsten neben]

I had to crank out some saltwater flies for my mates upcoming Christmas Island trip (Lucky *#&#!!!). I should have changed the colour backdrop, sorry for the bad lighting/colour cast.

Saltwater flies for bonefish is a first for me so critical feedback is welcome. Do you think I should mention that I pre-stressed all his hooks in my vise before or after his trip?  >:(

[Tim Angeli]

Karsten,

Great looking flies.

[karsten neben]

Hi Tim,

After letting you know I stressed all his hooks you’re still keen to put in an order?

[Simon Chu]

Nice flies Karsten!

[karsten neben]

Thanks Simon,

My friend has been and gone, had a fantastic trip, the flies seemed to work well for him. I tied a bunch of different variants with thread bodies overbound with transparent stretch tube. One I paticularly liked was tan thread, clear ST a very sparse wing of HiVis and black eyeballs. The HiVis wing has a nice amount of flash without being over the top.

Thanks for the advice I’ll try snipping the wing down. Its Hard to tell in the pics but all of the flies have a 4-6 strand krystal flash underwing. Would you tie the flash on top of the wing?

What hooks do you recommend especially in the smaller sizes. The varivas were fine in the 4s but some of the 6s bent straight. One of the guys was using a Gamakatsu B10S which seemed to fare better. It’s a finer hook and I think must give better penetration which would make it less likely to straighten. I’d love to hear your thoughts?

Cheers
Karsten

[Simon Chu]

I really like the Mustard C70SD in 8, 6, and 4s. After that I tend to the Gamakatsus and tiemcos.

Those flies were killer. No wonder your mate had a great time! Nice one.

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