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FFD/ Fly Fishing
Posted on 3/20/15 at 7:52 am
Posted on 3/20/15 at 7:52 am
Thought I'd make a few casts with my new rig while I'm waiting on the safelite guy. Caught this little fella and had a few more strikes... Just weren't taking it.
Anybody here freshwater fly fish? Plan is to take this rig out for trout in GA, but I'll probably start packing it along when I fish fresh around here? I know they can be deadly on panfish, but does anyone here bass fish with a fly?
Anybody here freshwater fly fish? Plan is to take this rig out for trout in GA, but I'll probably start packing it along when I fish fresh around here? I know they can be deadly on panfish, but does anyone here bass fish with a fly?
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Posted on 3/20/15 at 8:11 am to DownSouthDave
I do quite a bit of pond hopping around Baton Rouge with a 3wt. I like to fish spotted bass in a couple of creeks also. I only make 2 or 3 big bass trips a year, usually to my friends place on Toledo to sink monster flies in heavy cover for big bass. The hard core bass fishermen with their sparkle boats give you some funny looks when you're out there throwing a 9wt fly rod with 300 grain full sinking line and a fly the size of a small bird tied to the end.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 8:24 am to DownSouthDave
Where are you going in GA? I've fky fished the chattahoochee a few times with no luck, but I'm a beginner to freshwater trout fishing.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 8:28 am to sloopy
I try to trout fish when I can around East Tenn, West NC, and North GA. Don't do it as much right now since I don't travel to the dams as often. Absolutely love it though.
Was up at Wilbur last week, absolutely kicking myself that I left my rod at home, but I had other people with me on the trip and couldn't get away anyway.
Was up at Wilbur last week, absolutely kicking myself that I left my rod at home, but I had other people with me on the trip and couldn't get away anyway.
This post was edited on 3/20/15 at 8:30 am
Posted on 3/20/15 at 9:24 am to Barf
This rig will probably be used for spots more than anything. Love those little bastards. That's pretty cool, fishing for lunkers in the bend. I wouldn't imagine that's too common.
What flies do you recommend? I've always pretty much stuck with poppers for bass, never really tried anything else.
I think I'll be fishing the Chatahocche. Or maybe the Chatooga? Guy I yal fish in the gulf is from there, so I'm going to try and make a trip or two. I'm really looking forward to it, I've been wanting to give it a shot for a while. I'm not sure the quality of the fish compared to elsewhere... He said he fought his personal best rainbow this winter (22"). I don't know if that's a good one or not.
What flies do you recommend? I've always pretty much stuck with poppers for bass, never really tried anything else.
I think I'll be fishing the Chatahocche. Or maybe the Chatooga? Guy I yal fish in the gulf is from there, so I'm going to try and make a trip or two. I'm really looking forward to it, I've been wanting to give it a shot for a while. I'm not sure the quality of the fish compared to elsewhere... He said he fought his personal best rainbow this winter (22"). I don't know if that's a good one or not.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:30 am to DownSouthDave
I do a fair amount of smallmouth fishing with the fly rod.
Poppers are good at certain times of day same as if you were using spincast.
Things that smallies (and any other type of bass IME) will eat: Clouser minnows, wooly buggers, crayfish (including clouser crayfish which I love), divers, and rabbit strips.
I mostly use the wooly buggers and clouser minnows because I can tie them myself and thus am not as pissed when I break one off. You can find good prices at millersflyshop.com and bigyflyco.com - it's where I buy some of the flies that I can't or don't want to tie myself.
EDIT: If you can manage it - a double wooly bugger set up can be money. Just tie a piece of tippet off the hook bend of the first bugger and tie another one bout 1-2 feet back. Black, green, and brown are best. This is not recommended for heavy cover.
Poppers are good at certain times of day same as if you were using spincast.
Things that smallies (and any other type of bass IME) will eat: Clouser minnows, wooly buggers, crayfish (including clouser crayfish which I love), divers, and rabbit strips.
I mostly use the wooly buggers and clouser minnows because I can tie them myself and thus am not as pissed when I break one off. You can find good prices at millersflyshop.com and bigyflyco.com - it's where I buy some of the flies that I can't or don't want to tie myself.
EDIT: If you can manage it - a double wooly bugger set up can be money. Just tie a piece of tippet off the hook bend of the first bugger and tie another one bout 1-2 feet back. Black, green, and brown are best. This is not recommended for heavy cover.
This post was edited on 3/20/15 at 10:34 am
Posted on 3/20/15 at 12:09 pm to DownSouthDave
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This rig will probably be used for spots more than anything. Love those little bastards. That's pretty cool, fishing for lunkers in the bend. I wouldn't imagine that's too common.
What flies do you recommend? I've always pretty much stuck with poppers for bass, never really tried anything else.
I think I'll be fishing the Chatahocche. Or maybe the Chatooga? Guy I yal fish in the gulf is from there, so I'm going to try and make a trip or two. I'm really looking forward to it, I've been wanting to give it a shot for a while. I'm not sure the quality of the fish compared to elsewhere... He said he fought his personal best rainbow this winter (22"). I don't know if that's a good one or not.
I fish lower mountain fork a few times a year. It's a pretty consistent fishery. Mostly hatchery fish with the occasional wild fish. It's only 7 hours from Baton Rouge so it can be fished in a weekend.
AS far bass fishing goes, I wish I had a go to fly to recommend. For pond fish I usually fish wooly buggers or leaches. Sometimes we will work poppers around lily pads or tree tops but our goal is usually to target big bass. Big baitfish patterns tied on 2/0 hooks, sometimes 3/0, with big sticky eyes, 40# fluorocarbon tippets, and at least 300g full sinking line. I even tie one that looks like brush hog that's so big it's hard to cast. It probably took 4 or 5 years of 3 trips per year to get good at that type of fishing. Lots of big trophy bass have been landed this way. The take is savage and a 10+ lb fish will make you feel undergunned with an 8wt for the first few seconds of the fight.
This post was edited on 3/20/15 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 3/20/15 at 12:36 pm to DownSouthDave
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He said he fought his personal best rainbow this winter (22"). I don't know if that's a good one or not.
That's good around here. I usually catch tiny little bastards in the Smokies, over 7" is a legal fish for the park. They are fun to catch and eat in a camp fire. Brookies usually don't get very much bigger. You can get some much larger Bows and Browns at lower elevations though.
The stocked areas average in the teens range I would say.
If you want to catch consistently big fish, you can go pay to fish the trophy section up in Cherokee.
This post was edited on 3/20/15 at 12:37 pm
Posted on 3/20/15 at 12:37 pm to DownSouthDave
I fly fish for bass on lakes and streams around here more than anything else. Looks like you caught that one on a wiggle minnow, which is a deadly fly around here.
Poppers are good, especially at dusk and early mornings. In streams, crawfish patterns are very effective. Crazy dads. You might want to get a sink tip line as well if you're going to do a lot of sub surface streamer fishing. I've found that can make a lot of difference.
If you're really wanting to target big bass seriously, you're going to want to throw some big flies, which means you're going to need a heavier rod. Big nasties like this:
Poppers are good, especially at dusk and early mornings. In streams, crawfish patterns are very effective. Crazy dads. You might want to get a sink tip line as well if you're going to do a lot of sub surface streamer fishing. I've found that can make a lot of difference.
If you're really wanting to target big bass seriously, you're going to want to throw some big flies, which means you're going to need a heavier rod. Big nasties like this:
This post was edited on 3/20/15 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 3/20/15 at 12:54 pm to DownSouthDave
That's some serious hook for a fly. What are you using? All my fresh water baits are ultra light.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 1:10 pm to Dam Guide
The Hooch in Atlanta will consistently produce good sized bows and some huge browns. If you go up to the Noontootla area or Dukes you can catch some massive rainbows.
Hooch fishing is fun and easy. I know I'm one of a lot of Atlantans who is extremely grateful to have a good fishery in the middle of a major city.
Hooch fishing is fun and easy. I know I'm one of a lot of Atlantans who is extremely grateful to have a good fishery in the middle of a major city.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 2:21 pm to Pettifogger
The Uptown Angler in NOLA has some good bass flies that I throw in the summer time late in the afternoon.
One is called a Mississippi Mudflap. You really need about an 8wt to throw it because if its weight. It is a killer fly around lily pads and floating vegetation.
One is called a Mississippi Mudflap. You really need about an 8wt to throw it because if its weight. It is a killer fly around lily pads and floating vegetation.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 2:35 pm to DeltaDoc
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One is called a Mississippi Mudflap. You really need about an 8wt to throw it because if its weight. It is a killer fly around lily pads and floating vegetation.
Looked that fly up. What a crazy tie, but it looks like it would kill as a frog imitation. May have to see if I can work up something similar for the summer.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 2:38 pm to hogfly
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What a crazy tie, but it looks like it would kill as a frog imitation. May have to see if I can work up something similar for the summer.
That is basically what it is...really, really good fly. You can catch reds on it too.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 2:46 pm to DownSouthDave
Posted on 3/23/15 at 9:23 am to Pettifogger
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Hooch fishing is fun and easy. I know I'm one of a lot of Atlantans who is extremely grateful to have a good fishery in the middle of a major city.
I find it to be frustrating (the few times that I have been). I have yet to catch a damn thing, but I guess I just suck at freshwater trout fly fishing. I'm use to just throwing at dumb reds that eat anything.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 10:23 am to DownSouthDave
Considering starting a "master" discuss all fly thread, but figured I would bump this one for now. I am new to fly fishing and have been practicing on panfish and bass in ponds in north Louisiana and Texas and will be heading to Kansas for the 4th this weekend and plan to throw a little bit up there as well. Would the board be interested in having just one big fly fishing thread for tips, pictures, stories, etc? Surprised there isn't one yet, unless I just missed it.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 10:29 am to JumpingTheShark
I for one would welcome it.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 10:35 am to JumpingTheShark
Official FF thread, do it
Posted on 7/1/15 at 10:45 am to JumpingTheShark
do it.
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