Bluefish on the Fly

[cowherder]

Great info vpass thanks for sharing.

[J Barbosa]

VPass, thanks for sharing what I am sure is a lot of hard earned knowledge over the years.

I will practice the Homer Rhode Loop knot tonight; I am already familiar with the Alberto knot.

My fly line has a welded loop (RIO Outbound 8WT floating) on the tag end and I made some spare 20lb leaders with a perfection loop knot on the tag end. Is this where you would use the Albright or Alberto knot instead of a perfection loop?

The other day when I was out I realized first hand why steel leaders are no good for flies. It curls up and even a slight curl combined with a light fly ruins the presentation.

I am just thinking out loud here to better understand why these are the preferred methods. Teach a man how to fish analogy…

For floating line a 8-9ft leader will help in not having a bunch of heavy fly line hit the water and spook any nearby fish and it will also let the fly sink a little for a better presentation.

With a sinking line we no longer have to worry about the above two issues and it now becomes a reduced visibility and chaffing leader.

[seamonkey]

Awesome stuff guys. Here is a video I found of a guy catching them from a kayak.

[J Barbosa]

Mario is a great character. I see him out there quite often, one of the few kayakers out there at 4am.

A true fly fisherman from the kayak, not one of those who uses a fly rod to troll with. In fact he fishes the fly fishing division at the Jamaica Bay tournament and was telling me how 90% of the guys there just troll around all day and never actually fly fish...

IMO trolling a fly rod should just be put into the same class as spinning/conventional rods.

Rob, you should fish with Mario; I think you two would get along great.
Text me, we can all get together and do a kayak bluefish fly fishing only trip

[robmedina]

Rob, you should fish with Mario; I think you two would get along great.Text me, we can all get together and do a kayak bluefish fly fishing only trip

I just saw this....We probably missed the blues by now. Hey by the way you know those collapsible clothes hampers, they are made of mesh? I picked one up to use as a stripping basket when I stand and fly cast.

[J Barbosa]

I just saw this....We probably missed the blues by now. Hey by the way you know those collapsible clothes hampers, they are made of mesh? I picked one up to use as a stripping basket when I stand and fly cast.

Rob,

Mario got himself a 12# fluke last week from the yak!

[surferman]

A 12 lb fluke on the fly. How the heck do you do that? Details please!