Ok, so bear with me this is gonna be a barrage of questions. I am goin to Belize in T-4 days and this is the best excuse to buy a new rod, reel, and all sorts of fun toys. I am goin to belize and I have the oppertunity to do a good bit of fishing, none with a guide unfortunately.
I hope to mainly fish for baby tarpon in lagoons and canals and maybe even dabble with the bones. I understand the best way to fish for bones or have read a good bit. Fishing for the smaller tarpon is where I have most of my questions. I am thinking crease fly’s for the surface and maybe bigger clousers for deeper. What’s the best action I can impart on these flys for results. What kind of stripping will work with these flys is really what I am looking for.
Also, I wanna start tying up some flys but I am unsure of the difference between saltwater hooks and freshwater hooks. Is it acceptable to use freshwater hooks knowing that I will probably ruin them down the road due to rust and whatnot.
Well, thanks fella’s, I hope y’all don’t give me the black spot quite yet, I am trying to learn. Hopefully after this trip I will be able to get to the Ga and SC coast and fish for reds and trout!
PiKapp good luck down there. If your around Belize City there is a river mouth that come out there that should have snook and tarpon. I did not fish there myself but I saw a guide with a client working the water.
If your out on the islands wade the shallows, you should see bones. Use short,slow strips of 2-3". Set on the strip and don’t lift your rod tip until you really feel the fish.
This is the fly that worked so well for me there.
Remember you polorized sun glasses!!!
Let us know how you make out.
Larry
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Now that wasn’t hard was it. Let us know how you do.