While stripers grow much bigger, the largemouth bass has similar qualities; it pulls like heck, loves surface poppers, and is a great gamefish on the fly rod Perhaps best of all, if you can find a leeside out of the wind, they can be caught in local ponds and lakes on days when there’s a … Read more
Bass popper, size 1/0, in any color (green is a great choice). Woolly bugger, weighted, size 4 or 6, in black or olive. Freshwater Clouser minnow, size 4 or 6, in chartreuse or white. Crayfish patterns, like Cohen’s Jiggy Craw (size 2/0) or Gulley Ultra Craw (size 1/0) Barr’s Meat Whistle, size 2. What size … Read more
Do bass go for flies? Opportunistic, hard fighting, and readily accessible across the country, smallmouth and largemouth bass are an insanely fun species to pursue on the fly fly fishing for bass can be intimidating to some however it’s one of the most accessible types of fly fishing around. Are peacock bass actually bass? As … Read more