Ken Check out a book called Innovative Saltwater Flies by Bob Veverka. I don't know if it's out in paperback yet. I really like this book. They're pretty easy to tie. It has some great tarpon flies and a wide variety of others. Anouther good book is Saltwater fly patterns by Lefty Kreh. Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Staples" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 1:46 AM Subject: RE: [VFB] New Swap Idea (saltwater tangent)
> Hi Deb, > > See, at least you have the option for the "other trout"! ;-> Actually we > have pretty good freshwater fishing down here; especially (from what I > hear) bass (we even have our own hybrid, the Sunshine bass), panfish and > the numerous exotics that people don't want as pets anymore. Oscars are > rampant down here (yup, the same ones they sell in pet stores). We have > one intentionally introduced exotic, the Butterfly Peacock or Peacock > Bass. I hope to go fishing for these soon. They're a South American fish > which the state introduced to eat some of the other fish and provide a > new species of gamefish. Beautiful fish. > > On the saltwater side I'd guess that we'll probably end up using a lot > of the same flies, maybe in different colors though? Since I'm pretty > new to this I've only used a clouser so far. I've been unsuccessful but > I'm sure it's primarily due to my casting ability! I've tied a bunch of > others I'm looking forward to using. I also picked up a bunch from > Outdoor World/Bass Pro Shops that I don't know how to tie yet. They ran > a coupon in Fl. Sportsman: 6 flies for $.99. How can you pass that up? > > By tarpon you mean the pattern? I saw a pattern in the last issue of Fly > Fish America called "J's baby tarpon" or something like that. I have one > but I haven't used it yet. I did see a tarpon a couple of weeks ago when > I was fishing (my first time on a flat with my fly rod; oh heck my first > time fishing on a flat) and I did cast to it but no luck. Probably > wouldn't have known what to do if I did hook it! > > Wow, this ended up being longer than I thought, signing off now. > > Ken > www.snorkelsite.com > > > >
