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Spawning Red Devils

Hawaii's winter weather has been cloudy and cold. (Don't laugh, 68 degrees is cold for us)
Those tropical fish go into hibernation till the water temperature climbs back up over 75. Enjoying a few days of sunshine, we took our 3 and 4 wt fly rods in search of red devils.


The Red Devils were every where. You just cruise the shoreline and spot them in the shallow water right next to the bank. It's easy to see a 3/4 to 1 pound bright red fish. The male fish has a huge hump on it's head and guards it's territory aggressively.



I don't know if the small flashy streamers and nymph flys make it angry or hungry... I'm just glad they bite them.

An added bonus is the bluegill. They like small flys and are also fun on a light flyrod.



Then there are the peacock bass that appear out of nowhere and smash your fly. You get a 2 pound peacock on a 3wt flyrod and you have your hands full.



All this practice on the "small" fish will have us ready for the 3 to 5 pound peacock bass that will get really aggressive when the water temperature hits 80 degrees. Now that's exciting.
Aloha,
Stan

Hey Stan,

Sorry...had to laugh

Nice nymphs. Did you tie those on your own or did you get them at Nervous Water?

Were those the nymphs that you used to fish for the jewel cichlids that time with John?

See you in 1 month and 5 days

All of the above.

Clay tied the gray cone head nymphs.
I tied the gold ones.
Yea, they catch anything.

Aloha Stan, I see your one of your gold flies has bead-chain eyes, the other not. Which worked better for you? I gotta tie some flies to kill the boredom while I'll heal, and get ready to fish.

I tye them with different size bead heads.... just to adjust the sink rate. The other day we had a strong wind and I couldn't get the one with no eyes to go slow enough to get the RD to bite. I needed something to get down quick and move slow along the bottom.
(We moved around the lake to find calm spots) LOL