If you’ve stocked your box with the Bonefish Basics, just add a few of the following flies for your trip to the Yucatan. This destination requires smaller patterns in sizes 6 and 8, mostly 8s. I like the Tan Puff as a go to fly, but also find small Tan or Olive Clousers tyed with bead chain eyes to be handy.  Swimming Shrimp                                         size 6           Good for deeper, darker flats Super Swimming Shrimp                                sizes 8           Tan Mini Shrimp                                            size 8           Must have Tan Mini Shrimp w/o bead chain                     size 8            JT Special                                                     size 8           A marabou mess, but it works Turd                                                             size 8           Cool Name Cuzan Special                                                size 6           Very good on mud flats Bonefish Bitters                                size 8           Hermit or Olive Exuma Mini Puff                                            size 4           Tan or Pink Marabou Shrimp                           sizes 6         Tan Golden Mantis Shrimp                                    size 4-8         Another “go to” fly Grassy Wonder                                              size 8           Odd looking fly for the turtle grass You’ll also want to have a few Permit flies handy as this is a fantastic location for a shot at the Holy Grail of fly angling. Here are a few good patterns that should do the trick. Rag Head Crab, Tan                                        size 2-6 Blue Crab                                                      size 2 Fleeing Crab                                                  size 6 Del Brown’s Merkin                                          sizes 1/0, 2 This last pattern has caught more Permit than any fly tyed for them. If you tye your own, have a few tyed very small on good hooks. Take along a few Tarpon and streamer flies for Tarpon, Snook, Jacks and Cuda. Here’s a short list.  Hook sizes should be from 1 to 3/0 Keys style Tarpon flies in the following colors:    Orange/Grizzly Furnace/Squirrel Black Death Cockroach Lefty’s Deceiver                          Red/Yellow, Red/White, Black Cuda Needlefish fly Bonefish Basics Belize Christmas Island Bahamas Los Roques Bonefish_Fly_List.htmlBelize_Fly_List.htmlChristmas_Island_Fly_List.htmlBahamas_Fly_List.htmlLos_Roques_Fly_List.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4