
A multi-day fly fishing report from SteveL for mikescatchreport.com
I took off the last ten days of December to celebrate Christmas and the New Year. But coupled with the state-imposed furloughs I ended up taking only three vacation days off.
I started off fairly hot, catching a couple of nice sized bonefish the day after Christmas with the largest about 6.5 pounds. After that I was hardly able to hook up to anything. It was tough fishing--quite a difference from previous years. Even the tako are coming in late this season.

I also fly fished with SteveT most of last week. SteveT worked very hard for his fish and I was able to get a couple of big hookups only to have them break off on coral.
Last week Wednesday we went with DougL to fly fish on the other side of the island-- accessing the flats through his uncle's beachside property. It was a mini-adventure that started with a raft ride across the channel then it was on to the flats that stretched along half a mile of shoreline. However for all our efforts we only saw four Oio--none of which gave us any chances at a decent shot. Fishing always seems to better on the days you're not there.


I fished Sunday morning on a steep falling tide and had to fight a stiff Kona wind. I tried to even the odds by fishing with a Monic line but I got no bites at all and spent most of the time fighting wind than fighting fish.

At least the scenery was beautiful.