On Dec 30, 10:27 am, "Alex" wrote:
I have a problem. In the last month I'll be in the middle of a bunch of
feeding stripers, throw a white bucktail fly that I tied and can't get bit.
I have one about 2" and one about 3". The fish are eating shad the same
size. Usually when I throw a 2" grub on 6 lb line I'll catch them. These
are fish from 5 to 15 lbs. What do I tie and how do I fish it. Thanks.

Throw a 2" grub?
They are a bit heavy...but still castable.
You can also lop off the front half of the grub,
which makes it a bit more castable.

You can thread crystal flash sideways through the grub
body too, in order to jazz it up a bit.

On severely windy days in the Bahamas, I still like
to chase bonefish. It's just harder: you have to spot them
downwind and cast downwind...but the lighting window
is seldom in synch with the wind window. In other words
it's common to (barely) see the fish at 3:00 o'clock, when you're
only able to cast to 9:00 o'clock.

On days like that, most Bahamian guides throw in the towel
and find a mud in 10-15' of water, and tell their clients
to throw white or chartruese "grubs" into the mud, using
a spinning rod. Those guys tend to catch a bonefish
every 2nd or 3rd cast, all day long. I'd rather fight the wind
and still wade the flats. But it does tell you something about
"grubs" fished a depths not-so-easy-to-reach with fly gear.