How Do You Fly Fish For Bonito?
The Bonito, also known as the false albacore and along the gulf coast as bonita, is a hard-fighting toothy pelagic fish quite numerous along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Though they have little food value to most, they can put up quite a fight which makes them a great sport fish especially on a wispy fly rod. Let’s talk about what you’ll need to land your first. Step 1 Look for the fish. Bonito are pelagic free swimmers and can be easily spotted moving through the water. Though they can be caught blind casting, there is much more luck if you locate the fish first. Step 2 Tie a fly to the line. Something flashy is best as bonito feed on smaller bait fish that are in the water column. Step 3 Cast the line out to the fish using a 10-and-2 motion. Think of the numbers on a clock and try to replicate these numeric positions with the rod releasing a bit more line on each successive cast until your fly has reached the location of the fish. Step 4 Once the line is far enough out, give the rod
