chauncey
Well-known member
Taking my 4wt with me to Georgia/Florida next week to hopefully do a little fishing (1 week will be at the beach so Im going to fish with small clousers/decivers there). So this past weekend I went to the local bass pro to look at their bass bugs and quickly decided they were probably too large to throw - I have the Winston VSL 9ft 4wt.
So I thought about buying some the terrestrial patterns at my local fly shop (crickets, hoppers, beetles, etc..) and using some split shot to drown them a bit and then using a strike indicator to fish for perch and the occasional bass. Basically using my fly rod as a really expensive cane pole.
Anyone had any luck fishing this way in the south? And are there other patterns I could try that wouldnt be as heavy as those big poppers bass pro offers?
So I thought about buying some the terrestrial patterns at my local fly shop (crickets, hoppers, beetles, etc..) and using some split shot to drown them a bit and then using a strike indicator to fish for perch and the occasional bass. Basically using my fly rod as a really expensive cane pole.
Anyone had any luck fishing this way in the south? And are there other patterns I could try that wouldnt be as heavy as those big poppers bass pro offers?