Bonefish flies

Pattern i have prepared for my upcoming Maldives trip. Hopefully it will trick some bonefish and few other species...

Along the coasts of Scandinavia, creative fly tyers repeatedly come up with imitations of shrimp that turn out to be super popular and effective at fooling the coastal sea run brown trout.

This pattern and others can be found in Lefty Kreh's Saltwater Fly Patterns.
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Step by Step showing you how to tie the Crazy Charlie shrimp Fly.

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This simple shrimp pattern can be tied in any size or weight to suit any flats species in any part of the world, there really isn't much more to say. Tie some!

A rather untraditional shrimp pattern with an articulated body.

The Christmas Island Special is basically a crazy Charlie tied with craft fur and a flash tail and underwing. In fact in ways its easier and more simple to tie.

Fly Tying Recipe:
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Hook: #04 Tiemco 811S

Thread: Shell Pink UTC 140

Weight: Large Silver Beadchain

The Crazy Charlie is originally a fly for targeting bonefish - developed on Andros Island in 1977 in the Bahamas by local bonefish guide Charlie Smith and popularized by San Francisco angler Bob Na

Kwan flys are a loose representation of a cross between a shrimp and a crab. They work great for saltwater fish that target Crustaceans.

This is a Crab that is on most Yucatan and Belizean lodges fly lists, and for good reason it has accounted for hundreds of permit and bonefish.

Designed by Florida Keys guide Jeffrey Cardenas, this shrimpy little number is a great addidtion to the bonefish box.

The Chili Pepper is obviously a variant of the crazy Charlie. Its almost identical with a few small differences. One, the color is always either orange or red, usually brightly orange.

The Joe-to-go works best as a skinny water fly for tailing fish, but can be weighted for deeper work. It land soft and does a good job of imitating mantis shrimp or other crustaceans.

Pop's Bonefish Bitters is an absolute classic bonefish fly imitating small crabs developed b.

Aaron Adams's Big Ugly is an effective ghost shrimp mantis shrimp imitation. It's on the big side for a bonefish fly, but it's simple, durable and deadly in the right situations.

The grand-old-man in saltwater-flyfishing and -tying Bob Veverka created the famous pattern The Mantis Shrimp.

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pawning Gurgler Fly Pattern Recipe
Hook: saltwater hook #2-8
Thread: Tan 8/0 70d

Fishing the tropics for bonefish is strictly addictive, and it is hard to find a more perfect species to target with a flyrod than the bonefish… strong, shallow water and spooky is some of the word

Fishing the tropics for bonefish is strictly addictive, and it is hard to find a more perfect species to target with a flyrod than the bonefish… strong, shallow water and spooky is some of the word

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