Jeff Currier's Fly Fishing Presentations
"Fly Fishing Saltwater – Bonefish to Billfish" | PowerPoint Based Presentation |
 “Fly Fishing Saltwater – Bonefish to Billfish” – Jeff Currier delivers an introduction to saltwater fly fishing. This show reviews equipment, demonstrates techniques for river mouths and estuaries, surf, flats, channels, coral reefs and blue water. Many premier destinations are shown including the variety of fish species that can be caught.
Known as the ‘ghosts of the flats', bonefish are found in most all equatorial parts of the world from the Seychelles to Christmas Island and Belize. Spending their time gliding in and out of the mangroves that are nestled on the extensive flats that can be found in these warm water paradises, bonefish feed primarily on small shrimp and crabs as well as the odd small fish. It is on these shallow flats where their quarry can be found in abundance.
 Bonefish have evolved to be perfectly suited to this environment. They feed in such shallow water, often feeding in areas where their backs are actually out of the water, that their wedge shaped noses are formed to better hoover the sandy bottom. The white sand they glide over is mottled with areas of turtle grass that is no problem for the bonefish, as their silvery white flanks and belly are transformed to a blend of greens, browns and shades of black on their backs that allow them to disappear as easily as a chameleon on a branch. The most astonishing feature of bonefish, however, is their speed – they can arrive and be gone in a flash. An adaptation that is good for both predation and escape. | 
