{"id":2441496,"date":"2019-03-08T19:44:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T02:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/on-the-fly-next-stop-bonefish-city\/"},"modified":"2019-03-08T19:44:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T02:44:00","slug":"on-the-fly-next-stop-bonefish-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/on-the-fly-next-stop-bonefish-city\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Fly: Next stop, Bonefish City"},"content":{"rendered":"
Writer Scott Spooner with a bonefish he caught off Christmas Island.<\/strong>
Courtesy of Otea Ioteba<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Let\u2019s say you\u2019ve been fly-casting to trout for a while now. You\u2019ve experienced world-class dry-fly-fishing on the Fryingpan, Big Horn and the Madison, conquered the spooky cutthroat of alpine lakes, and have floated the Green River to the Roaring Fork to the Bitterroot and everything in between.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next? My resounding answer: a bonefish trip!<\/p>\n

Bonefish are the next logical step for many fly-fishers because they also live in beautiful places, you don\u2019t have to travel that far to catch one, and they provide a thrilling visual experience. They pull like hell, too. Some destinations are quite remote, others are places that provide all the amenities you could ever want. Guides are a must, at least the first few times you go. Learning to see these nearly invisible \u201cghosts of the flats\u201d is a whole lesson in itself, let alone perfecting the retrieve of the fly, understanding tides and so forth.<\/p>\n

Bonefish tend to come onto a flat with the rising tide to forage for food, and head back out to deeper water as the tide recedes. They move quickly and often require a long range yet delicate presentation. Most bonefish destinations also have other critters swimming around. Depending on where you go, you\u2019ll have shots at permit, snook, tarpon, barracudas, jacks, milkfish, trevally and much more.<\/p>\n

Rods, reels and lines to consider are 7 to 9 weights, and flies consist of various shrimp, bait fish and crab imitations. Most local fly shops carry a nice selection of saltwater equipment, believe it or not! Places to consider researching and visiting are the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, Mexico, Cuba, Hawaii and Christmas Island. If you\u2019ve got a case of the winter blues, look into heading somewhere salty for a few days. It\u2019s always bonefish season!<\/p>\n

This column is provided by Taylor Creek Fly Shops in Aspen and Basalt. Taylor Creek can be reached at 970-927-4374.<\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Writer Scott Spooner with a bonefish he caught off Christmas Island.Courtesy of Otea Ioteba Let\u2019s say you\u2019ve been fly-casting to trout for a while now. You\u2019ve experienced world-class dry-fly-fishing on the Fryingpan, Big Horn and the Madison, conquered the spooky cutthroat of alpine lakes, and have floated the Green River to the Roaring Fork to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2441496","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 02:27:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}