Christmas Island Fly Fishing Day 2 - Milkfish, Bonefish and Trevally

Christmas Island or Kiritimati is open after being closed for three years!
We were the first group of anglers to fish out of the famous Ikari house in Three years! The fish were plentiful, untouched and hungry. I can't wait to go back in 2024

On day two we fished wide open water for Milkfish before hitting the flats for Bonefish and Trevally. We found literally acres of Milkfish. To actually hook one of these fish you need to find them in great numbers because they don't aggressively eat what we traditionally catch fish on. They are plant, algae and diatom eaters. Your best bet is to find them eating floating plant life and drift a fly that looks like what they are eating through them, hoping that one will eat it as it grazes on the real stuff. If you are lucky enough to get that one in one hundred fish to eat, your next big challenge is being able to hold on to them.

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Christmas Island Day One:    • Christmas Island Day 1 Fly Fishing fo...  
Christmas Island Day Two:    • Christmas Island Fly Fishing Day 2 - ...  
Christmas Island Day Three Morning:    • Christmas Island Giant Trevally / Bon...  
Christmas Island Day Three Afternoon:    • Christmas Island Kiribati Bonefish / ...  
Christmas Island Day Four:    • Christmas Island Kiribati Fly Fishing...  
Christmas Island Day Five:    • Christmas Island Fly Fishing Day 5 - ...  
Christmas Island Day Six Final:    • Christmas Island Kiribati Fly Fishing...  

Special thanks to Jerry Swanson at Fish Head Expeditions for making this trip possible. I tried all the big name travel guides and only Jerry stepped up and made this trip happen.

https://www.fishheadexpeditions.com/c...

Gear used:
* 12wt custom Colton Leviathan, paired with a Reddington Behemoth Reel
* 11wt Hardy Zephrus rod pared with Orvis Hydros SLV
* 10wt TFO BVK rod paired with Okuma SLV reel
* 8wt TFO BVK rod paired with Lamson Liquid reel

Flies:
Bonefish - Christmas Island Special, Modified Christmas Island Special, Modified Spawning shrimp, Bonefish Bitters (root beer colored head)

Giant Trevally - Modified Purple Brush fly. Purple NYAP Popper.

Bluefin Trevally - Small (2.5 inch) Whistler patterns, Small Clousers

Milkfish - Modified green seaweed fly

Trigger - Mark's crab, Modified spawning shrimp

Note - Modified means that they have some material additions that I like to use such as rubber legs or sparkle. The traditional patterns are the base flies and should be used if you are not a tyer.