Bonefish fly patterns

Bonefish fly patterns
Artificial fly
Feeding Bonefish
TypeSaltwater fly
ImitatesCrabs, Shrimp, Baitfish
Materials
Typical sizes4-8 Standard Saltwater
Typical hooksTMC 811
Uses
Primary useBonefish

Bonefish fly patterns are a collection of artificial flies routinely used by fly anglers targeting various species of Bonefish. Bonefish frequent tidal sand and mudflats in tropical and sub-tropical latitudes to feed on benthic worms, fry, crustaceans, and mollusks. Bonefish have small mouths and most Bonefish flies are tied on size 4 to 8 saltwater fly hooks.

Early Bonefish patterns

Early records show bonefish being targeted with flies as early as 1926 and by the 1940s fly fishing for bonefish with crude shrimp and baitfish patterns was not uncommon.

As described in Salt Water Flies (1972), Kenneth E. Bay

As described in Fly Fishing in Saltwater (1974), Lefty Kreh

Crab patterns

As described in 101 Favorite Saltwater Flies-History, Tying Tips and Fishing Strategies (2015), David Klausmeyer

As Described in Inshore Flies (2000), Jim Schollmeyer and Ted Leeson

Shrimp patterns

As described in 101 Favorite Saltwater Flies-History,
Tying Tips and Fishing Strategies (2015), David Klausmeyer

As Described in Inshore Flies (2000), Jim Schollmeyer and Ted Leeson

As described in Professionals' Favorite Flies-Volume 2-Streamers, Poppers, Crustaceans and Saltwater Patterns (1994), Lefty Kreh

Baitfish patterns

As Described in Inshore Flies (2000), Jim Schollmeyer and Ted Leeson

As described in Professionals' Favorite Flies-Volume 2-Streamers, Poppers, Crustaceans and Saltwater Patterns (1994), Lefty Kreh

Hybrid patterns

Hybrid patterns are patterns often referred to as general attractor patterns or patterns specifically designed to imitate more than one type of prey, i.e. both shrimp and crabs.

As described in Professionals' Favorite Flies-Volume 2-Streamers, Poppers, Crustaceans and Saltwater Patterns (1994), Lefty Kreh

As Described in Inshore Flies (2000), Jim Schollmeyer and Ted Leeson

Notes

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Albula vulpes". FishBase. June 2007 version.
  2. ↑ Brooks, Joe (1968). Saltwater Game Fishing. New York: Harper & Row Publishers. p. 288.
  3. ↑ Bay, Kenneth E.; Kessler, Herman (1972). Salt Water Flies-Popular Patterns and How to Tie Them. New York: J.B. Lippincott Company. ISBN 0397009399.
  4. ↑ Kreh, Lefty (1974). Fly Fishing in Saltwater. New York: Crown Publishers Inc. p. 72.
  5. 1 2 Klausmeyer, David (2015). 101 Favorite Saltwater Flies-History, Tying Tips and Fishing Strategies. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 125–207. ISBN 9781632205384.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Schollmeyer, Jim; Leeson, Ted (2000). Inshore Flies-Best Contemporary Patterns from the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. Portland, OR: Frank Amato Publications. pp. 51–76. ISBN 157188193X.
  7. 1 2 3 Kreh, Lefty (1994). Professionals' Favorite Flies-Volume 2-Streamers, Poppers, Crustaceans and Saltwater Patterns. Birmingham, Alabama: Odysseus Editions. pp. 135–170.