The Pillow Talk is a Seychelles bonefish fly designed by Wayne Haselau, a long-time guide on Alphonse Island. It began as a small chartreuse-and-white Clouser and takes its shape from the Crazy Charlie. Guides across the Seychelles atolls use it as a standard bonefish pattern, which is about as useful a recommendation as a flats fly needs.

It is tied sparse, with a chartreuse-over-white calf tail wing, a little flash and a UV resin body. The resin provides translucency and helps the fly stand up to several fish, while the red head serves as a strike trigger. Its slim outline gives the impression of the small shrimp, baitfish and fry that bonefish encounter on the flats, making the Pillow Talk a sound search fly when the menu is not obvious.

We carry the Pillow Talk in sizes 2 and 4, tied on Daiichi 2546 hooks. These are the larger end of the pattern’s range and earn their place on deeper flats, in wind, or where bonefish are moving through current and a smaller fly may disappear or struggle to reach the bottom.

The larger profile is also worth having ready when permit, triggerfish or small trevally are sharing the flat. Lead the fish by about a metre, let the fly settle, then strip it slowly. For anglers planning a Seychelles trip, send us your dates and we can help put a flats box together.

• Wayne Haselau Seychelles bonefish fly
• Developed on Alphonse Island
• Standard bonefish pattern for Seychelles atoll guides
• Sparse chartreuse-over-white calf tail wing
• UV resin body for translucency and durability
• Red head strike trigger
• Available in sizes 2 and 4
• Tied on Daiichi 2546 hooks