Streams are heating up in many locations, and the trout are hunkering down looking for cooler water and some oxygen. During the summer months, why not rest the trout and try your hand at some bass fishing, bass fly fishing, that is!
Fly Fishing for large-mouth bass, especially when they are surface feeding, can be full of excitement and adrenaline rushes.
Use a deer hair popper - a frog, a mouse, something like that - cast it with a wide loop cast, and let the fly really splat down on the water - rest it for a second or two or three (and let those rings telegraph out) - then plop it once or twice, a really big bass has a hard time ignoring this type of behavior, and will likely pounce on the fly!
Another technique is using the same popper as a "slider", just retrieve the fly very slowly and steadily, creating a small wake behind the fly. Many a large-mouth cannot resist this, and may take multiple swipes at the fly before finally engulfing it!
Subsurface fishing can be just as productive. Try a large black Wooly Bugger, retrieved steadily.
I can remember one of my favorite evenings on the water, on the lake in a canoe, a few cold ones, and a lantern to find the way back. Caught bass one after the other (none too big), until it was pitch black night.
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Fly Fishing for large-mouth bass, especially when they are surface feeding, can be full of excitement and adrenaline rushes.
Use a deer hair popper - a frog, a mouse, something like that - cast it with a wide loop cast, and let the fly really splat down on the water - rest it for a second or two or three (and let those rings telegraph out) - then plop it once or twice, a really big bass has a hard time ignoring this type of behavior, and will likely pounce on the fly!
Another technique is using the same popper as a "slider", just retrieve the fly very slowly and steadily, creating a small wake behind the fly. Many a large-mouth cannot resist this, and may take multiple swipes at the fly before finally engulfing it!
Subsurface fishing can be just as productive. Try a large black Wooly Bugger, retrieved steadily.
I can remember one of my favorite evenings on the water, on the lake in a canoe, a few cold ones, and a lantern to find the way back. Caught bass one after the other (none too big), until it was pitch black night.
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2 comments:
Sounds like a lot of fun. Here is Texas, things are warming up for bass, and I'm looking forward to landing some soon.
Thanks for the tips, John. Your site is great!
Thanks, PJP! It's awfully cold here in Northern NJ - I'm looking forward to some Florida fly fishing in April!
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