Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Aruba fishing trip... i mean honeymoon

I went to the Caymans in May and fished for bones, tarpon, barracuda, and jack and had a blast.

3. I wouldn't bother.  Most casts for bonefish are 30-50 feet, and for the most part there are no waves to mess up your line like fishing for stripers.

4a. Most guides bring flies for you.  I recognize gotchas (3rd from the right, top row), and brown/white clousers (left fly, top row),  the others are shrimp variants.  What's more important than pattern is the amount of weight on the fly.  If you're walking on the flats, you want flies with lighter bead-chain eyes.  If you're in a boat in deeper water, you want small dumbbell eyes.  Heavier=more splat=maybe scares fish=buries itself in the sand=sinks faster.  Note the pictures of his flies show that they are heavily-weighted for the most part.  Having 3-4 different weights of the same pattern is very important.  The pattern itself is "meh" because bones are opportunistic.

4b.  Bring some 1/0 chartreuse/white and shad gray/white clousers if you want to fish on your own and throw them into the deeper water for jacks and other flies.  They work everywhere.

4c.  You can use deceivers and clousers on tarpon in 1/0 and 2/0.

5. Tropical water is warm and makes most lines limp and unfishable.  You need a special tropical line.

6. Don't skimp on sunglasses.  Bonefish is sneaky little jerks and you need good amber/green lenses to see them.

7. Use a minimum of false casts.  Quicker cast is better, even if you have to lead the fish more and twitch the fly as the fish goes by it.  Learn to stand with the tip of the line out of the tip of the rod and the fly in your non-casting hand.  2 false casts and land it.

8. Rinse out your rod, reel, line, and used flies in fresh water when you're done for the day.  Otherwise, they corrode, especially the reel.

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From: Dave Marcus <dhmarcus@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 3:54 PM
To: <tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com>
Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Aruba fishing trip... i mean honeymoon

So it's official, the tickets are bought, reservations made. I'm going to aruba for my honeymoon/fishing trip and I'm looking for some answers to some questions.

Basic info

When: August 1-8
Where: Aruba - marriott aruba surf club
What rod: 9ft 9wt with WF floating line (g loomis pro4x), reel: orvis access

I've already booked a guide for the second day we're there so hopefully we'll get into some fish and then be able to get out a bit more on our own the rest of the trip. The guide said there are flats right next to the hotel so I anticipate getting out when I can. My fiance doesn't fly fish but I plan on getting her a travel spinning rod to use on the flats because she can cast a spinning rod a bit better. I've done a bit of research and it looks like a jig head tied with some fly tying material to mimic some tropical flies could do the trick.

My questions:

1. Any recommendations on travel spinning rods (must be able to fit into a suitcase, just the rod, I have a good inshore reel she can use but it's attached to 7ft one piece rod) $50-$80
2. Has anyone fished aruba and can you give me some tips/advice ahead of time?
3. Should i bother trying to bring a stripping basket?
4. I will follow the guides recommendations for flies based on his website but any advice based on experience for what flies to tie/bring ahead of time? His site recommends ties for bonefish and tarpon.

I know I'll be on my honeymoon and fishing won't be the main focus of the trip but this will be my first tropical fishing experience so I'm pretty jacked up. Whoever has the star wars action figure, do you have any interest in lending it out?

Thanks to everyone in advance for their input.

David

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