Fly Fishing Gear
- 8 to 9 weight floating or clear floating lines. On some occasions a clear sink tip or Monic clear floating line can be a better choice for wary fish than a traditional floating line.
- I use a variation of the standard IGFA big game leader with 12 or 16 pound class tippet. Including the butt section, I generally tie these leaders from 8 to as long as 10 feet. In my opinion you can increase hookups by lengthening your shock tippet from the standard IGFA 12 inches to as long as 30 inches. The advantage here is less visibility between knots and also gives you ability to clip off a damaged fly or a couple inches of scuffed leader and re- tie without having to trash the entire leader.
- I generally use hard Mason or hard Rio for the 5 to 6 foot butt section, I use the same for the class tippet. I then use Seaguar fluorocarbon for the shock tippet.
- Recommended fly patterns range from "Deceiver" type streamers, baitfish patterns, toads and poppers, tied on 1/0 hooks. Weedguards are sometimes necessary in areas with lots of trees and deadfall. If you are interested in bringing your own snook flies please call or email for more detailed info... I'll give you an idea on what type of flies, colors and hook sizes will work best.
- Rod and Reel Ten to twelve pound test plug or spin will work great for snook. In my opinion, there is nothing more exciting than a topwater take by a snook... Zara Spooks, Jumping Minnows, and propeller plugs such as Torpedo's work great. Texas rigged plastic jerk baits such as Sluggos, Gulps and Zooms, bass tubes, jigs and worms are also part of the arsenal. Traditional buckatail jigs, shallow running plugs and spoons will work as well.
- I never was a big fan of braided line such as Power Pro until I used it just once for big snook on a gnarly mangrove shoreline. Used with 30 to 40 pound test Flouro leader, this in my opinion is a great application for these types of strong and more abrasion resistant lines.
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