#6 & #8 tan Crazy Charlies (both with eyes and without eyes for shallow flats).
Bonefish Bitters in size 8 – colors: olive, amber, and hermit crab.
#4 Merkin Crab and #4 Raghead Crab fly – get special ties with light eyes
Bonefish flies come in an array of styles and colors. The following list of flies, should cover most of the bonefishing situations you will encounter. Crazy Charlies #6 (silver, amber, crystal pink, crystal chartreuse) Blind Charlies #6 (silver, amber, crystal pink, crystal chartreuse). Mini Puff #6, # 4 (pink, tan/orange, chartreuse) McVay Gotcha # 6 (chain bead-eye). Christmas Charlies #8 (tan, pink, yellow) Nasty Gilbert #6, Bonefish Clouser #6 (chartreuse), Raghead Crab #8, Popovic Ultra Shrimp #4, Mangrove Critter #1/0. Finally, Jan Isley's, Yucatan Charlie #6 (pink or beige marabou tail with 3 - 6 strands of chartreuse crystal flash tied in, all about a 1/2' long, white kip tail wing tied in on throat 3/4" long, bead chain eyes or blind, translucent yellow swannundaze or v-rib wrapped over chartreuse flymaster plus thread).
Flies for Permit: Bauer's Fur Crab #6, Turneffe Crab (olive) #6, Raghead Crab #8, #2, or 1/0, Del's Permit Crab #2, Popovic Ultra Shrimp # 4 or 1/0, Bauer's Mantis Shrimp.
Scott Heywood
