Bonito do not generally stay up very long. Slow down with a 100' of the breaking school and just just headway speed to get near them. Don't try to get right on top of them. Try to position yourself in the direction they are working to. One thing I noticed is that certain areas tend to be tougher to fish. Another thing is to turn your boat away from the direction you intend to cast. If you stop the boat and cast in the direction you were travelling, it makes it nearly impossible to get the fly moving for the fish to track it. In general, they are tough to approach but not impossible.
You do not need any kind of bite guard or shocker. The teeth are widely spaced. I typically use 14# fluoro and have never been broken off. |