How Do You Fly Fish For Bass?
Perhaps there’s no greater moment in fly fishing than when a largemouth bass takes a popper cast along the edge of the water. Bass originated in the Mississippi River and was recognized as a prime game fish over lakes, rivers, streams and coastal waters. Fly fish for bass on a four or five weight, but this may pose problems when casting bigger flies. An 8 or 9 foot, six to seven weight rod with a floating and sinking line both in a weight forward taper is recommended. Take a few different types of flies with you. Smallmouth bass are opportunistic enough that they will take dry flies. The more usual flies of choice for any bass are usually larger and inclined to induce a bigger bite. Such flies could include dalberg divers, big muddler minnows, clouser minnows, woolly buggers, poppers, leech patterns and crayfish patterns. Size 8 or 10 would be on the small side, while size 2 or 1/0 would be considered large. Consider the right technique for bass. Though you can occasionally catch bass,
