This past week I've been prepping for a two day booking hunting big tarpon on fly out of Flamingo (this is the start of a short "second season" for the big fish there... It will all end on the first cold night in October just about a week before Halloween... Here's a pic or two of what I've been tying...
the Tarpon Snake, 4/0 Owner Aki hook - six to seven inches long
the Silhouette, 1/0 hook - a great fly when fish (any species) are working white bait wherever you find them, this run was done all in white...
Once all my fly arsenal was replenised I did a few hours making tournament fly leaders for big fish - then it was back to a bit of rod work....
I build all the rods on my skiff - except fly rods (factory rods with warranties are very attractive if you're a guide since it's hard to quickly replace a broken fly rod - and building a new one takes too much time...) and it's time for some re-wrapping and re-finishing - Did one light spinning rod from start to finish yesterday - and only have eight more to go (when I have time...).