This fly has been designed to have an obvious bait fish profile and is my ‘goto’ fly when targeting sighted big ambush predators or pelagics or when prospecting for the same predators around structure. This is a big fly with the #4/0 version being 11.5 cm long but because it’s unweighted it’s relatively easy to cast.
This is the newest addition to my top six CXI special colours. It’s a little more subtle than the electric camel but I think that adds to its appeal to bone fish.
Definitely one of my favourite colours for a CXI fly and an absolute must in my top 6 colour selection.
Orange pearl is one of my favourite colour combinations of Christmas Island Special (CXI) flies that my mates and I have seen on our various trips to Christmas Island and Aitutaki. It is generally in the top 6 producing colours of CXI flies on every trips.
In plenty of salt water fisheries the saying “if it’s not chartreuse it’s not any use” applies so it’s no surprise that this fly is included in my top six CXI flies list.
With just these seven colour each tied in two sizes and a couple of weights you will be ready for some fantastic bonefish sessions on the flats. Christmas Island Special in: Pink, Pearl, Orange – rich, Orange – light, Violet, Chartreuse & Yellow.
This is a popular rubber tailed Gotcha type fly which is very similar to other peoples ties. It has it’s place in your bonefish fly box for those occasions where the bones shy away from the bright colours of most other bone fish flies.
This is a popular rubber tailed Gotcha type fly designed by Christopher Hall, an Aitutaki regular for targeting big bonefish.
If your heading off on a fishing trip the gotcha fly in a few colour combinations and a couple of sizes should definitely be included in you fly box. I was looking at the Fulling Mills bonefish flies and one of them was predominately orange with a pearl body … this is my version of that combination. It doesn’t matter if it’s fresh or salt water orange is one of those trigger colours for fish.
The story line was that the bonefish had refused every fly they had offered the day before so for the next days outing Etu tied this fly on the beach and then they walked straight into the water and immediately hooked a fish … gee it must be a good fly. Anyway I do like it because Aitutaki bonefish do seem to like flies that incorporate a yellow component.
