Why can't I select bones in pose mode I have a little problem-whenever I want to select a bone in pose mode, I select an object behind it instead. If I want to select the bone, I have to select it in edit mode and then switch to pose mode and that is realy slow and anoying. how can I fix this?
Make sure the bone you are trying to select is selectable. 

In the below EYE_CTL cannot be selected: