Showing posts with label False Albacore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label False Albacore. Show all posts
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Sunday, March 15, 2020
Sunday, March 01, 2020
Sunday, October 06, 2019
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Friday, September 06, 2019
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Bucktail Jigminnows and Bonito
Bonito snacks! Responsible for two shore bonitos in one afternoon... The first version of this fly called Ghostly Jigminnow I tied back in 2009...see this post. I tie the current version on 30 degree bend hooks, which improves the action of the fly.
Labels:
Bonito,
False Albacore,
Fly Tying,
Saltwater
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Feathertail Sand Eel and Sightcast Minnow
Feathertail Sand Eel (L): colored tubing, thin saddle feathers and UV resin.
Sightcast Minnow (R): worm hook, bucktail and faux bucktail, bleached peacock
Sightcast Minnow (R): worm hook, bucktail and faux bucktail, bleached peacock
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Winter Fishing in Med
I just got back late last night from Samos, Greece. I
had a great time, partly due to wonderful Greek family who were my hosts.
The fishing was quite slow, the main culprit being very cold weather which rolled over
during the second part of my stay and shut everything off. I fished through most days, skipping only
the coldest/wettest mornings. Managed to catch only scad. First several mornings looked quite promising, with decent amount of surface activity. I did have one hit/miss from a bonito, since some were around
during most mornings. Also threw at barracuda who lingered near the
pier, without takes. I observed either large false albacore or baby bluefin in
the middle of the bay, smashing through schools of finger mullet. Nothing
close within fly range, though. The piers and jetties did harbor a good amount of bait. I am hoping to return for another round in the future... Best time to go would be September-November, which is not surprising.
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Saturday, December 22, 2018
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Sardina pilchardus
Tying few more for Med... European pilchard (Sardina pilchardus), tied somewhat more elongated than the naturals. Small tuna attractor, 6" on 3/0 hook. Versions on the second photo are slightly smaller.
Sunday, December 02, 2018
Saturday, November 03, 2018
More Magnum Candy
Magnum silversides, and also good imitation of European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus.) These imitate full grown specimens, tied on size 2/0 hooks.
Monday, October 29, 2018
Monday, October 15, 2018
Glass Core
Albacore on graphite and glass. Jason Zimmer displays a nice albie before the release. He also took the only quality photo of your's truly in this post. Check out Jason's work on Instagram.
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