Fishing Report -- 06-13-13

Bob was on board for two days of fly only fishing. Day 1 started in fine fashion with Tarpon showing themselves early on. Initially they were being typical Tarpon but eventually Bob convinced one to eat the fly.  However after two jumps that was the end of that ride. Strangely enough right after that the Tarpon action slowed significantly. We made a long run in search of more Tarpon finding some but only to have them refuse our flies. Nothing too unusual for Tarpon. At least we were finding fish. After the Tarpon action really slowed we headed offshore in search of more cooperative fish. It wasn’t long and Bob was into the False Albacore (Bonitos) pretty good. Bob had his hands full trying to keep the fish away from the sharks (Bulls & Hammerhead). I think only 3 were lost to sharks, not bad considering Bob must have landed about 20 fish and we could see sharks all the time. Eventually Bob’s arms said ‘no more’. Albies up to 20 lbs, Blue Runners and Rainbow Runners were landed. A Dolphin was hooked but was lost on a jump. A Sailfish came up to the boat briefly but soon departed when it saw the sharks. Day two was a bust on the Tarpon. We did do some Spinner Shark on fly fishing and had 6 bites but unfortunately no hookups. A Snook and a ton of Blue Runners rounded out the day. Bob is the conceptual creator of the Red Jelly fly. An idea to try get the Spade fish to take a fly, maybe one day you’ll see Bob’s Red Jelly Fly in a fly shop near you.           

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