Ping RW et al

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:51:16 -0700 (PDT), DaveS wrote:

On Oct 28, 3:46*pm, wrote:
SNIP

Thanx. I get it, Cobia/nix. But it sounds like a blast.

Not exactly, "nix" on the cobia with a fly rod. Just know what you are
getting into and know that bonefishing and cobia fishing are not similar, other
than, obviously, both are SW fishing.

By linear I mean the places i usually have been steelheading are
fairly narrow streams, so its up or down mostly for runs, not much
"broken field running."

It depends on where you are bonefishing. Bonefishing is not limited to the
typical "fishing the flats" picture, ala magazines, brochures, etc. And
frankly, from a purely personal perspective, traveling all over to fish yet
another such locale isn't my cup of tea - one such place pretty much looks and
fishes (yep, I know some, even many, will disagree, but...) like another, but to
each their own. If I were advising someone who resides in the US, I'd say go to
the Keys at least 5-10 times first, then the Bahamas, and then, start to pick
your own.

IAC, in mangroves, over differing bottoms, coral areas, etc., it is different
than wide-open flats fishing. Granted, it is over-simplified, but about all one
need worry about on an open sandy flat is being spooled (or smoked) and
accidental/unintentional LDRs. And for the most part, the reel will be more
important than the rod insofar as if one cast the rod effectively, it'll likely
do. Whereas with the reel, it is not, as in many FW FFing situations, a mere
lineholder, and unless it is built to handle SW and SW environs, as well as
bonefishing in particular, it will require much more maintenance than it would
with FW usage. With something like cobia, it's a much different, much larger
quarry under completely different conditions. To me, it is bordering on not
actually "fly fishing," ala "fly fishing" for (large) marlin, etc. - heaving a
chicken wired to a grappling hook using tug hawser and winch lead for tippet, a
rod that looks like a VHF antenna taken from Paul Allen's yacht and a reel that
could windlass up its anchor ain't, IMO, "fly fishing" - YMMV.

TC,
R
Dave