Fly Fishing Aitutaki - Bonefish

I recently had a trip to Aitutaki chasing bonefish. The trip was a huge success with many large bonefish coming to hand, this is just a small sample of what Aitutaki has to offer. You can check out the full report at iheartthefly.co...
Many thanks to the guides at www.e2sway.com/...
And a big thanks to www.harfinflyre...
These guys manufacture some of the best fly reels in the world!!

[@paulszigety]

Etu is world famous. I did two days fishing bones with this guy. Caught at least 10 fish a day ... Amazing time. Aitutaki is heaven on earth .... better than Bora Bora

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Nice vid mate. Just did my first trip. Magical place.

[@shonteyermarsterssiaosi8792]

Proud to call these islands my home 😄

[@fabiosoldati1811]

Congratulations Paul,very nice boned and great video, I was there too fishing with Etu Dawey, the bones in Aitutaki are really BIG. I coudn't find in the scientific literature a reason but it could be that they developed a local genetical mutation in the isolated and remote bay around Aitutaki.

[@paulanderson1396]

Not sure why, but they grow pretty big.. One seems to be fat and short.. The other is long and thinner.. Maybe male/female.. Or two different types of fish.

[@ItsMercYMG]

I hooked into one of these in the Bahamas. Actually 4. All about 5-6 lbs and 1 9 lb bone. They fight unbelievably hard.

[@shire-lee]

No Mercy that tail, it's like a 14,000 hp engine

[@jeffwoodroffe2450]

I saw the thumb nail and knew it was a harfin they're the best reels ever

[@thomastuorto9929]

Great vid & a nice write up in link.

[@gric8051]

great sponsors dude :)

[@magneresjuan]

thats a big bonefish! congrats

[@ethandrahi2358]

Hapiness in one vid

[@jjseandxcefree]

Great editing and composition on the video; but why is the quality of the actual fishing so poor? Looks like it was shot on a cellphone - unless is bump up the hd to 1080p. Even the 720p is muddy. Strange.

[@paulanderson1396]

Using a 5dmk ii for land based but using a GoPro out on the flats..

[@Mikeflycast]

Those are monsters! I just came back from my second trip to Cuba and caught some big bones but these are insane. Do you have some more information for me about this trip. Best regards from Holland, Mike

[@paulanderson1396]

Mikeflycast you can read all about the trip here.. iheartthefly.com/2015/01/13/aitutaki/

[@Mikeflycast]

Hi Paul, thank you very much! Very spectacular report. I have never heard of anyone catching flying fish on a flyrod before, very beautiful. And the GT's...wow! You definitely need to go back for one of those. It seems you have lots of choice of going after different species, very cool! Thx again!

[@paulanderson1396]

It's because I didn't get my dslr out of my waterproof bag until I had landed the fish.. the fish fighting scenes were filmed on a gopro. Which is why they Arnt as good a quality as the land based shots.

[@snookdlbfly]

You need to learn to tie a decent loop knot, did you see the size of that thing

[@Stripe12]

Good god!!

[@jeanchri26]

👍👍👍☝☝☝

[@saltflies2553]

What country was this? Awesome!!!

[@soilderofgod5749]

its not a country its an island

[@Dressagevids]

cOOK iSLANDS New Zealand territory

[@gatorville]

What rod and reel were you using?

[@paulanderson1396]

DaKrazyK - Sporting hi, the rod is a TiCr x Temple Fork Outfitters.. but the reel is one of the best saltwater fly reels you can get in the world it is called a harfin.. facebook.com/pages/Harfin-Fly-Reels-Australia/458354207574570

[@kyleduncan4868]

#keepemwet!

[@brentwilson2526]

Yes, great fish and a very nice video, but if bonefish are out of the water longer than 15 seconds their likelihood of survival post-release drops dramatically.

[@tolpacourt]

YUGE

[@johnw4336]

wow, nice bones...go pro video is great.

[@robertroemer6505]

massive bones!

[@capeguy]

huge bone

[@zmfishing170]

unreal