|
| |
 Tarpon Flies: When All Else Fails Cast A Cookie
Posted by alexismt555 on May 12, 2007
(2056 reads)
Yesterday evening I decide to take my revenge upon the harbor night life. For the past two days I've been tricked time and time again by several Tarpon just kissing my flies and a 10 lb Snook that simply gave me the fin. I could not accept the fact that with a full moon, good tides and the weapons in my fly box I could not hook or land one of these fish. I was forced to admit that my fly weapons were not what these fish were interested in. So, I passed several hours on the tying bench to improve my fly patterns. I tweaked several of my fly patterns and tried find the right combinations of color and profile. I added a bit more ostrich here, some rabbit strip there, EP fibers heads etc.
I parked the car and walked to the docks where the Tarpon had been the nights before. Once again, the Tarpon were active and rolling between 20 and 50 feet away from me. I mad a first cast at two cruising Tarpon and spooked them. I realized that there were two possible things happening. Either my fly was scaring them or they remembered me from previous nights of trying to trick them. I switched the fly and made a second cast. A Tarpon came up close to the fly. I was sure he was going to eat it, but at the last minute he decided to give it a kiss and turn away. What! I could not believe I was burned again. Now, I was really determined and mumbled to myself, "you want to play those kinds of games? Well I have some tricks up my sleeve too." I snipped off my fly and tied on a small green cookie fly. I made a long cast further away from the rolling Tarpon as the Tarpon were following a well defined and consistent path and I did not want to
strain there "spooky behavior." The fly landed nicely on the water and I let it rest for a few moments as it began to slowly sink. As I had hopped the Tarpon followed the systematic pattern and began working their way closer to me. When they got to the ideal position between me and my fly, I began stripping the fly fast in hopes of getting the fly in front of their mouths. When the fly was in perfect position I changed my retrieve using slow and short strips. I stopped stripping for a moment and a Tarpon grabbed the cookie! After a down and dirty hook set the Tarpon started jumping and flipping around and pulling hard in an effort to get under boats or around buoys. This time, I won the game, and it felt good after being burned so many times. I took some quick photos and released him. He swam back to his home and I drove back to mine.
|
|
|
| | The comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content. |
|
|
Re: Tarpon Flies: When All Else Fails Cast A Cookie
by jeremy on May 12, 2007 http://www.fliesandfins.com | | alexis .. tarpon, on foot .. sweet! ... what exactly is a "green cookie" fly ... post a pic of it in the forum if you can .. i'd like to see it .. so i can have some for my next tarpon trip .... thanks. |
|
|
Re: Tarpon Flies: When All Else Fails Cast A Cookie
by bonefisher on May 12, 2007 | | awesome story alexis.... i had a similar experience dock fishing at night.... theres no better sense of accomplishment when you land nice fish on foot... great job! |
|
|
Re: Tarpon Flies: When All Else Fails Cast A Cookie
by jinxed247 on May 12, 2007 http://www.jumpcut.com/flyfishing247 | | Nice job on the tarpon! One of these days I am going to have to head down there and get one...easier said than done! Great job and read. |
|
|
Re: Tarpon Flies: When All Else Fails Cast A Cookie
by hedrush999 on May 13, 2007 http://www.worldangling.com | | Sweet work man. I know how tricky those fish that you are targeting are. Sightfishing tarpon at night is not something that many people can say they have done. |
|
|
Re: Tarpon Flies: When All Else Fails Cast A Cookie
by AlexisMT555 on May 14, 2007 http://www.ekwatafly.com/en/ | Thank you everyone for your apreciation and comments.
Virtualy see you next time... |
|
|
Re: Tarpon Flies: When All Else Fails Cast A Cookie
by jstake11 on April 27, 2010 | | Are the baby tarpon you catch feeding around and under lighted docks or non lighted docks? |
|
|
|
| |
|
Post
Tweet
E-mail
Submit Your Fish Tale
