Ververka Mantis Shrimp • Bob Ververka
This is the first installment of Essential Bonefish Patterns • Andros. The complete step-by-step instructions for tying this pattern can be downloaded from www.saltyflytying.com
Flies for Permit
Essential Bonefish Flies • Andros
Although there are thousands of existing bonefish patterns, spend any amount of time around dyed-in-the-wool bone fishermen and you will find that that the Pareto principle (also known as the 80–20 rule) definitely holds true. Only a small assortment of proven patterns earn a spot their fly boxes, no matter where they intend on fishing. Friends, guides, travel literature and most importantly personal on-the-flats experience have narrowed my list of must-have bonefish flies down to 7 essential patterns… in no particular order. Ververka’s Mantis Shrimp, Cownes Bonefish Scampi, McVay’s Gotcha, Owen’s 90 Percenter, Chicone’s Tranqu-Hill-izer and Bone Appetit and Ginevri’s Avalon have all proven to be highly productive for Andros Island in the Bahamas. These flies do a great job of mimicking a prey item and its specific movement. Understanding where the fly was intended to be fished, what factors led the designer to choose the materials he did, and why the pattern has evolved helps to give you the whole picture. Interviews with the fly’s designer will give you a peek into the heads of some of these innovative tiers and should help you to understand how they think and create new patterns as well as gives you a insider’s perspective, valuable insight, and hopefully encouragement to create your own unique patterns.
Essential Permit Patterns
Over the past few weeks I have given you the basics on the 5 must have pattens for chasing Permit a.k.a “The Black Fin Devils” on fly. Simply click on the link or icon above to download the 100 page pdf. of Essential Permit Patterns, illustrated with ultra-hi resolution step-by-step instructions. $14.99
The Inverted Merkin Crab
This is the fifth installment of Essential Permit Patterns The complete step-by-step instructions for tying this pattern can be downloaded from www.saltyflytying.com
The Bottle Cap Crab
This is the forth This installment of Essential Permit Patterns The complete step-by-step instructions for tying this pattern can be downloaded from www.saltyflytying.com
The McCrab
This is the third installment of Essential Permit Patterns The complete step-by-step instructions for tying this pattern can be downloaded from www.saltyflytying.com
The Kung Fu Crab
This is the second installment of Essential Permit Patterns The complete step-by-step instructions for tying this pattern can be downloaded from www.saltyflytying.com
The Rag Head Crab Permit Fly
This is the first installment of Essential Permit Patterns. The complete step-by-step instructions for tying this pattern can be downloaded here.
5 flies that must be in your box for chasing Permit, a.k.a “The Black Fin Devils” 100 page downloadable eBook of Essential Permit Patterns, illustrated with ultra-hi resolution step-by-step instructions.
Essential Permit Patterns
If you have ever tried to catch a permit on fly you are acutely aware that the deck is stacked against you. The notorious crustacean crunchers are nefariously critical of any crab-like offering and this is one of the reasons there are thousands of crab fly patterns existing today. In an effort to narrow the search and increase your success rate, here are step-by-step tying instructions for the Kung Fu Crab, Rag Head Crab, Inverted Merkin Crab, Bottle Cap Crab, and the McCrab.