Yesterday evening I decided to have a go a throwing a few flies for some Mullet. It’s something that I have been hoping to do for a while now but never got around to it.
Beforehand I had plenty of flies tied up and research done regarding gear etc., so armed with a box of flies and my 6wt Trout rod and a floating line I set off.
The Mullet were there in numbers, some to a very good size, and I made sure to be as stealthy as I could, not that it mattered as they were quite happy to swim very close to me.
I tried fly after fly and presented them in various ways but to no avail. Quick strips, figure 8, dead drifting with the tide etc. but no take. Not even a bit of interest.
The flies I had included, Ghostbusters, Volutators, Red Head DBs, Flexible Friends and Weed flies.
Now I had gone to the location at low tide and checked out the insect life and there were plently of flies, spiders and dark coloured Volutators in the weed. The place is also full of crabs but I don’t think the Mullet would feed on them, would they? The tippet I was using was 8lb fluro, maybe a bit heavy, but I only had 2lb as an alternative and I figured that would be too light.
While fishing I would present before the leading Mullet in a shoal and then start to retrieve after leaving everything settle. What I saw then is that the Mullet would slowly dip down below my line and the fly and return to the surface a few meters further on.
Any advice on presentation/retrieving?
A very frustrating but most enjoyable evenings fishing and I can’t wait to go back to try again.
Eoin