I am not sure if I was lucky or the bonefish in Los Roques are just stupid. I am not likely to become a bonehead anytime soon, but the did prove to be a lot of fun. In one afternoon (2/25/03)on the flats I must have released close to 20 of them. As long as they were not spooked, practically anything thrown at them was acceptable. A 2-3" unweighted Whistler, as featured on the fly tying board not too long ago, worked well until I went thru the 3 I had brought with me. Even my new fishing partner Ed, who had only held a fly rod in his hand for an hour a day the 2 days prior to getting to Los Roques, caught over a dozen bonefish. He is now the only person I know who can claim that their first fish on a fly rod was a bonefish! He may be spoiled for life. I have warned him of the humbling experiences that New England striper fishing can offer up.
All the fishing referred to above was done with the aid of guide. The following day we only had a few hours before the plane left but we did manage to wet a line for most of it. We fished off the beach where all the windsurfing takes place, which is nothing remotely resembling the flats of the previous day. I only managed to take one bonefish on a 2-3" red/yellow eelie, and that was in the wash right off the beach before the rocky bar just offshore. Enough jacks and some sort of white flatfish with blue spots cooperated to make for a memorable few hours on a practically deserted beach. Besides the eelie, Geno's Revelation worked well for me. Probably learned more in those few hours than all day with the non-English speaking guide the day before.
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