large mouth bass flies

derekw68 · Jan 30, 2008

I was wondering what everyone uses, and likes. I use a lot of deceivers this time of year. Poppers starting in march.

ezamora · Jan 30, 2008

i've only fished for largemouth bass once, i think it was in march last year, on a private lake and a buddy showed my the bunny leech. very easy tie and i used perhaps only 2 all day (as well as some poppers). caught a lot of fish for my first foray.

eric
fresno, ca.

jimw · Jan 30, 2008

My favorite would be a crayfish pattern with zonker strip pinchers either blue and black, or brown and orange. I like the top water flies in low light.
jim

randyflycaster · Jan 30, 2008

I use a lot of Woolly Buggers and Muddler Mindows.

Randy Kadish

Frank Whiton · Jan 30, 2008

ezamora said:
i've only fished for largemouth bass once, i think it was in march last year, on a private lake and a buddy showed my the bunny leech. very easy tie and i used perhaps only 2 all day (as well as some poppers). caught a lot of fish for my first foray.

eric
fresno, ca.

Hi Eric,

It looks like there is going to be a lot of water in the streams and rivers next year with all the rain and snow California has been getting. May be a good year for you. Is the Sierras above Huntington getting some of the snow?

Frank

BigCliff · Jan 30, 2008

clousers and poppers for me

Joe D · Jan 30, 2008

Streamer wise, deceivers, Clousers, bunnies, mushmouths.

ezamora · Jan 31, 2008

Frank Whiton said:
Hi Eric,

It looks like there is going to be a lot of water in the streams and rivers next year with all the rain and snow California has been getting. May be a good year for you. Is the Sierras above Huntington getting some of the snow?

Frank

hello frank. yup, i'm guessing the answer is yes. and believe me, i'm really loking forward to it. i hope to hit a small drainage just east of huntington near the JMT next season, maybe late july/mid august. everything else is shaping up really nicely too. last year, my favorite little trout streams dried up mid june..

eric
fresno, ca.

tightlines57 · Feb 3, 2008

In no particular order, DHM (Diamond Hair Minnow), clousers, poppers and chernybl ants. Of course there are color and size variations.

SouthernSteve · Feb 3, 2008

derekw68 said:
I was wondering what everyone uses, and likes. I use a lot of deceivers this time of year. Poppers starting in march.

Good question. I catch a lot of bass when casting small poppers for panfish. I use a chartreuese No. 10 bluegill popper. Bet I catch 6-10 bass per outing. Wonder how I'd do if I targetted bass?

This is a photo of a guy I took to the Everglades last June. This bass was taken on No. 10 popper on a 3-weight.

racine · Feb 6, 2008

SouthernSteve said:
Good question. I catch a lot of bass when casting small poppers for panfish. I use a chartreuese No. 10 bluegill popper. Bet I catch 6-10 bass per outing. Wonder how I'd do if I targetted bass?

This is a photo of a guy I took to the Everglades last June. This bass was taken on No. 10 popper on a 3-weight.

NICE FISH! Bet he was a handfull on that 3 wt.

SouthernSteve · Feb 6, 2008

racine said:
NICE FISH! Bet he was a handfull on that 3 wt.

Yes, that fish was a handfull. We hooked one about 8-9 pounds the next time down. Had the fish on for a good 7-8 minutes before the hook pulled.

Again it was on a No. 10 popper.

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