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70 lb range do occasionally venture over the reefs and therefore a "break" tippet must always be tied to the leader. Typically the rig should have 400 meters of 50 lb gel spun backing, 40 lb fly line/runner, 25 lb break tippet, 60 lb, 50 lb, 40 lb leader and 80 to 100 lb shock tippet. Again for some reason blue and pink flies seam to do better than the greens or whites.
Nearly any reef offers the boat fly caster an opportunity to see line peel off at 100 km hour (or watch your reel do 20,000 RPM). Behind the back line at Madejanine offers shallow reefs and big fish.
For kids there is great fun to be had casting into a school of Garfish (a 30 cm to 40 cm long, 2 cm cylindrical little rocket assisted missile) with a 6 weight rod. A floating or intermediate line is required with tippet of 6 lb to 8 lb. Almost any small trout fly tied on a #10 or smaller hook is required. Success with a rainbow trout "sprat", small red woolly bugger, Mrs Simpson, etc have all proved successful. The bay at Mimoli is rich in Garfish, which can be seen schooling no more than 20 ft from the shore using snorkel gear. If the cast "crashes" this will scatter the school, as they swim no deeper than 10 cm from the surface. The leader should flip into the school very much as one does when casting to rising trout (although Garfish do not rise). Although not recommended for the purist or experienced, kids want to catch and catch quickly, therefore if they start getting despondent with the lack of hook-ups, pass the fly through a "Sardine" paste. When Garfish hit, there is frenetic activity with jumping, and fast erratic swimming patterns - unfortunately the fight is quick( 30 to 45 seconds), but 20 to 30 takes an hour make this a great introduction to the power of salt.
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