hi, assalamualaikum n salam sejahtera..
hi, mr haruan lover, dr.No and Mr sid..
i’m sorry that i’ve been away for a long time. exam is stil running..
i will be going back for my holiday in the month of May, in kedah. i would like to ask questions on the fly pattern that is suitable for tarpon, epecially at sungai rambai. recently i went there and flyfishing the tarpon with a no.6 size bright orange craft fur and chartouse green craft fur. it was only the pattern i know to tie now for PB but i want to try it with tarpons. but, to no success. can anyone lend me their knowldege on the right fly pattern for tarpon? Please[:)]
Syukoru-san,
I’ve never been to Sg. Rambai & I managed to go to only one tarpon trip (in Kg. Delek, Klang) in my entire fly fishing life… hahaha! Sad - I know. [:(]
But luckily I happened to land 2 of them using a No. 1 Tarpon Fly pattern which was chartreuse in colour. And the other one with a No. 2 popper which was also chatreuse/yellow in color. [:p]
Nevertheless, I dont swear by these flies for them poons. I think, deceivers, clousers, charlies, bend-back & the color white work wonders too. I guess the trick is to put lotsa of flash materials on the flies… hypothetically.
Surely the sifus here can explain better than me.
Happy Hunting! [;)]
thanks master riki..
tarpon at sungai rambai can be described as “Banyak gila” especially when u can see their rises everywhere [:D] but ur idea of using chartuese craft fur with a lot of flash material. emm what pattern ya,master riki.. i use a floating 5/6 wt..
stripping style, master riki? [:D]
Good Day,
When I lived in Singapore I used two patterns the most for tarpon. A small white/pearl Crazy Charlie and a simple streamer of synthetic material. The other pictured patterns worked well too, and not just for the poons… hehe. So, here are two photos. One of a box of smaller saltwater flies, and then a few flies themselves. Enjoy!
Christopher
Nice flies there, Chris. [;)]
Stripping style actually varies from one place to another. And also the tidal condition coz that determine the routin / habits of thoze poons.
Most of the time, I’d usually do the simplest medium speed strip-&-pause. But some flyrodders say that sometimes (high odds) that tarpons grab the flies “on the drop”. Never experience that tho… so hard to comment more. [;)]
BTW, Chris… our poons are the smaller of the species. Not the bigger variant like they got in Everglades or somewhere… [:p]
Just letting u know… [;)]
syukoru-san
Having fished for Bulan in our brackish rivers and also off Pulau Ketam, Chartreuse clousers seem to work very well,even at night by the fish farms without any luminous material added to the fly.So long as it mimics a baitfish and the fish is in feeding mode,you should get a strike .
nick ooi
Good Day,
Thanks for the compliments! Most of those flies are tied on size 2-4 hooks.
Riki_rahman - Yeah, if I remember correctly there are some who refer to the Asian tarpon os Ox Eye tarpon. I used to fish for them alot in Singapore. They were very dependable, once the tidal behaviour was figured out… hehe. I think my biggest was just shy of 1 kg…
Christopher
nice flies chris! wow… makes me wanna have a bite too hehehehhehe
here’s a fly that the tarpons over here in the north find tasty. or maybe they’re just kinky…introducing Kinky-Pinky:
sorry for the low res pic… my phone cam doesn’t have macro.
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FiR3-fLy</font id=“green”> TiG3R
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Good Day,
As well… assalamualaikum
Holly cow! that is one huge Asian tarpon! One possibly for the record books! However, I have heard stories of Ox Eye up to 8 kg… although I am not sure any were truly documented.
Christopher
nahh…it ain’t that big. somewhere between a kati and a kilo…the pic didn’t do much justice as this fella was a fat one…taken on M.Amin rod 4 wt setup..
biggest to date i caught was a kilo-plus tarpon on fly…stripped me right up to my undies hehhehehe…that’s about as big as they get around here in penang/kedah
here’s another superb species that took my popper the other day:
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FiR3-fLy</font id=“green”> TiG3R
[Team Longkang Gang]
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Nice ladyfish there, i see its taken from a paypond…whereabouts?
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Originally posted by FiR3 TiG3R
nahh...it ain't that big. somewhere between a kati and a kilo...the pic didn't do much justice as this fella was a fat one...taken on M.Amin rod 4 wt setup..biggest to date i caught was a kilo-plus tarpon on fly…stripped me right up to my undies hehhehehe…that’s about as big as they get around here in penang/kedah
here’s another superb species that took my popper the other day:
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-Hooked On-
Bedong angling park i guess! Nice lady!
yup..that’s the place. nice place for flying
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[Team Longkang Gang]
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Good Day,
Speaking of lady’s…
Christopher
hi everybody[:)]
sorry i was a little bit busy lately. thanks master riki,dr. no chris, firetiger,aquaman and geno for the reply. i do have some craft fur chartuese material. i’ll spend some time tying the fly. pink popper? sounds great! i’ll drop by nearby lady shop and fetch some of those pinky thing [:p]
once again, thank you all for the info. i’ll try them out soon..
enjoy fishing [:D]
just want to ask where is actualy location of sg rambai.i heard it before but have no direction
angling for life
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Originally posted by draggo
just want to ask where is actualy location of sg rambai.i heard it before but have no directionangling for life
Juru.
mbax
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cheers, lets eat…
draggo, where r u from?
went there two days earlier but the poons are no where..
wonder where they are,hehe..
alooo