Just about done tying for my trip to Grand Cayman. Just have to tie a few more bonefish flies and some baby tarpon flies.
Here are a few of my latest creations:
Gibby’s Bonefish Fly
Gibby’s Mantis Shrimp
Gibby’s Bonefish Bug
Gibby’s First Cast Bonefish Crab
I don’t know anything about bonefishing in Cayman, the flies are nice it, but seems to me they are pretty heavily weighted. How deep is the water you fish there?
Water was 8 inches to 18 inches in most spots. That’s why I used mini-eyes. Perhaps the macro photography threw you off?
Well, it is just that I fish the flats of Ascension bay in similar water depths and we always use bead chain instead of lead dumb bells. They make less of a “kerplunk” when they hit the water. Sure they take a little longer to hit bottom but it doesn’t take long in 18" of water anyway. So I was just wondering.
I’m with you on this Ron.
IMHO–the flys will catch fish, but look too heavily weighted for the depths you listed in your post.
Guess I didn’t catch the bonefish of which I posted pics here. I must have imagined it. My mistake.
When you compare the size of the hook with the size of the lead eyes…it probably isn’t that heavily weighted for the size of fly that it is, but enough to allow the hook point to ride up as desired.
That first of those last 3 pics…I really like that one!! 
What kind of camera?? That takes excellent pics! (and/or maybe my camera just has a lot of “user error and shake” to overcome?)
What size hook?Can you list material used?Thanx
That was my whole point, Dave. I used mini-lead eyes. All bonefish were hooked while they were on sand. I simply stood in the turtle grass and waited for the fish to swim onto the sand. The entire flat wasn’t turtle grass.
I was using a 12-foot leader and the first fish was so close that I still had a foot of leader inside the rod tip. On the second fish, I only had about three feet of fly line out the rod tip. So much for the “kerplunk” theory, right?
I use a Sony Cybershot which is a very good camera for the money. Check out my blog for complete photos of the Grand Cayman trip.
Gibby’s Bonefish Fly
Hook: No. 4
Tail: Small clump of brown or tan rabbit fur; flash optional.
Body: Tan rabbit dubbing.
Eyes/weight: Mini-lead eyes tied in near the bend of the hook.
Underwing: Two clumps of rabbit fur tied in at 45-degree angles.
Hackle/legs: Brown sparkled silly legs tied in at head.
I noticed the barbells being tied in at the bend. When I’ve fished those I seem to get a fair amount of tippet wrap. You?