How Do You Fly Fish For Striped Bass?
Striped bass provide a great fly fishing experience. To catch them you will need some helpful hints. Here are a few: Early spring, late summer and fall are best times for striper fishing. Find a coastal area that is known for attracting striped bass. The Long Island Sound, the CT shoreline and the New England Coast are all very productive areas. It would be best to have a small open (center console) skiff or you can charter striper boats and guides in just about any coastal community from NYC to Maine. If on a boat, your or the guide will do better at nights on a full moon. If fishing in daytime, look for circling birds on the horizon and below that fish breaking the water as they feed on schooling baitfish Once upon the school of feeding fish. Quickly strip line out of and fling your fly into the crashing bass. Strip quickly and don’t let the line gather slack in the water. The bass will hit the streamer hard and immediately tug on it. Set the hook and pull the fly line or let the fly
