I do almost all of my fishing with a flyrod and most the time I use Bugs/Poppers/Subsurface Flys in sizes that both Large Bluegill and Bass will take. I especially like foam Bugs, Poppers and Sliders in sizes 6 and 8 their easy to cast on a 3 or 4wt and the Bass and Bream Love em! Normaly when I target larger Bass I'll fish a 5 or 6wt and use Bugs and Flys in the 2 to 6 range.
Funny I say I use larger bugs for Big Bass but my personal best flyrod LM Bass was caught on a #8 Round Dinney. She was 23 inches long and 7 lbs 11 ozs. On a 5wt it was a heck of a battle that I still grin about. Thats her in my avatar picture.
I seldom fly fish solely for bass. I generally use stuff for gills and let the bass take care of them selves. Yes, I have caught bass up to aroung 3# on small flies. Small buggers, 1/4" poppers, and fly that was nothing more than purple chenille with red calf tail tail on a #10 hook. I have caught lots of smaller bass on many other flies as well. ....The odd thing is that I carry a fly box full of Bass Stuff but I almost never open it when I am on the water. I may change that this year while in the yak. I also carry a box full of carp stuff and I hope to get to use it this year as well. There just is not any carp in the creeks that I have been fishing. I will say that I have FF 100% for the last 5 years.
My bass box includes poppers, hair bugs, bait fish imitations, frog patterns and a few other odds and ends. I am really getting ansy casting some of these flies. I will say that one of the largest gills I have caught was caught at night on a 5/8oz black Jitterbug while fishing bass.
Most of my fishing is with a fly rod. I enjoy catching fish on bugs I build my self. I try to catch whatever will bite my bug, bass, bluegill, carp or tilapia. Just pull on my string...........
Lee
I do almost all of my fishing with a flyrod and most the time I use Bugs/Poppers/Subsurface Flys in sizes that both Large Bluegill and Bass will take. I especially like foam Bugs, Poppers and Sliders in sizes 6 and 8 their easy to cast on a 3 or 4wt and the Bass and Bream Love em! Normaly when I target larger Bass I'll fish a 5 or 6wt and use Bugs and Flys in the 2 to 6 range.
Funny I say I use larger bugs for Big Bass but my personal best flyrod LM Bass was caught on a #8 Round Dinney. She was 23 inches long and 7 lbs 11 ozs. On a 5wt it was a heck of a battle that I still grin about. Thats her in my avatar picture.
Feb 26, 2013
Ray Ditzenberger
I seldom fly fish solely for bass. I generally use stuff for gills and let the bass take care of them selves. Yes, I have caught bass up to aroung 3# on small flies. Small buggers, 1/4" poppers, and fly that was nothing more than purple chenille with red calf tail tail on a #10 hook. I have caught lots of smaller bass on many other flies as well. ....The odd thing is that I carry a fly box full of Bass Stuff but I almost never open it when I am on the water. I may change that this year while in the yak. I also carry a box full of carp stuff and I hope to get to use it this year as well. There just is not any carp in the creeks that I have been fishing. I will say that I have FF 100% for the last 5 years.
My bass box includes poppers, hair bugs, bait fish imitations, frog patterns and a few other odds and ends. I am really getting ansy casting some of these flies. I will say that one of the largest gills I have caught was caught at night on a 5/8oz black Jitterbug while fishing bass.
Feb 26, 2013
Steve Totten
Most of my fishing is with a fly rod. I enjoy catching fish on bugs I build my self. I try to catch whatever will bite my bug, bass, bluegill, carp or tilapia. Just pull on my string...........
Feb 26, 2013