first bluefish on flies

caught my first blue water beasts on flies over the New Years week end!! I was down in OBX and went out on Dec 31st. Had a blitz of epic proportions!! Blues all over the place. Just got into this salt water fly fishing this year.

Quite a nice fish to play with. Once they get the hook they often go 90 degrees to you and make the fight a tough one. Just watch your fingers as they have teeeeeth.

jed

Jed, Thats exactly what they did. These were blues between 8-16 lbs. One fish bent the hook at 90 degrees!!


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Bill

Sperzonkers,

Got a dumb question for you. Where is OBX? 8T http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif

OBX-Outer Banks, NC

HI-Hatteras island

OINC-Ocracoke Island North Carolina

Watch for these windshield/bumper stickers and there are others I'm sure.

Sperzonkers2,

Good gosh!!! Can't imagine a bluefish of that size on a fly. What a catch that would be. Congrats.

[This message has been edited by Grn Mt Man (edited 07 January 2006).]

Most folks (including me at first) find it surprising that we get bluefish here in southwest Florida. They're much smaller than noreasters--usually 3 or 4 pounds--but they surely are fun on a fly.

I was guiding a fellow from New Jersey last week for snook under the lights around docks in Venice. The bluefish were so thick he could hardly make a drift without hooking up. Between the snook and blues he caught 37 fish in less than three hours. He finally literally yelled "uncle" and we went home because his shoulder was sore from playing fish.

Yep, Blues make me happy!

Tight Loops,
Capt. Tony

8T, Sorry I didn't reply to your question. Was out hunting on Sat. and doing some work at my mom house on Sunday. Remeber, there are no dumb questions!!!
GrnMTMan, Yes they really put up a tussle!!
These are the largest fish I have caught on flies!!

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Bill