Mike Miller of Chicago is a fly casting instructor and an avid fly tyer. His luck in the saltwater hasn’t been very good but he decided to try his luck here in Kona on the Lepika. We headed south to one of the nearshore buoys. When we got there the skipjack tuna and ahi were jumping all around so Mike got his 8wt rod out. 
For the next several hours Mike caught all the skipjack tuna and small ahi that he wanted. He tied several different patterns and the ones that were most effective were smaller baitfish imitations with a lot of flash.