Fishing Q&A
How do you Fly Fish for Largemouth BASS?
I see fly fisherman use very thick, bright colored line. I know that the thickness is necessary because all of the weight comes from the line itself. The only thing I am confused with is how this works for bass. I hear people always saying that the bass will not bite if the line is to thick or visible. Well, doesn't catching them on orange thick line contradict this? What lures do you use to catch them on a fly rod? Please I am very interested and any information will help. To the first answerer, and any others who think of answering the same way, I am not asking about the components of the fly rod. I want to know about the details on catching specifically BASS on them. I would also like to know about lure selection for this species and why the thick, bright colored line doesn't spook them.
Public Comments
- Fly line is the casting component. Attached to that is the leader and tippet, to which is attached the fly. Usually a streamer such as a weighted woolly bugger or muddler minnow. The fly line itself is generally 6 to 9 feet away from the streamer. The fly is usually fished either across and down or stripped. Grrrrrrr.......another worm dunker with his head in the sand unwilling to consider an accurate answer because of his own ignorance. The components are the answer, nimrod. The leader and more specifically the tippet are what the bass are exposed to. Not the fly line!!!And, I already named the lures. Woolly Bugger. Muddler Minnow and here's a few extra I'm sure your clueless about as well. Leech tied with rabbit strips. Deer hair poppers. Ahhhh... screw it. Stay off my river
- Basically the bass don't get spooked easily is beacuse on your fly line, the weighty part, you tie on a leader and tippet made of mono. When I am fly fising for Bass I normally don't bother with ta tippet, a smaller mono to tie on the fly itself, normally for trout, and tie directly on to the leader. Normally for bass I use about a 9 to 12 foot leader and it's usually 8-10lb test. Fly fishing "Purists" will cringe and call me a blasphmer but I love to fly fish and I don't care what they say... The flies you use for bass are BIg deer hair poppers or big foam head poppers but I generally use a bastardized clouser minnow and use baitfish patterns and they work pretty well. Do a google seach on bass fly patterns and you'll tons of them. Best of luck to ya and Tight lines!
- basicly the thick line is to float the fly which is attached to a invisible leader and as we all know bass like flys so it sees the fly on the water and attacks it thats how you catch a bass fly fishing P.S. the flys are not real you buy them in a store or make them yourself
