preacherman Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 Hey guys..........new to the fly fishing thing. Got a good combo from Bass Pro yesterday. Was wondering if anyone can offer any good tips for bream or bass or crappie. What kind of flies are good to use and such. http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_98580_175001003_175000000_175001000_175-1-3 This is the combo that I got. Bass Pro had it on sale at an even cheaper price (less than $50) than their website. Couldn't beat it. So, any advice would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DU_man_84 Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 we fly fish for smallies around here in the summer in the streams and i love using green or brown wooly boogers also streamers can work, also poppers can be a great top water choice for bass, most of my fly fishing is done for trout though out west, we try and get out for smalleies here in illinois whenever we can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preacherman Posted February 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 do you have any links to pictures of what you are using. I hate to say this; but I don't know what a wooly booger is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DU_man_84 Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 i found these on cabelas, this is a nice wooly bugger kit, i misspelled it, i like to call em boogers http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0030348318425a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&QueryText=wooly+booger+flies&N=4887&Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=wooly+booger+flies&noImage=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 bream should be a very productive species to fly fish for. Again small dry fly will hammer them and would be fun to fish, but nymphs (flies fished belowd the surface will work well too). Topwater poppers would be fun for largemouth, they sell frog, mouse, and minnow popper patterns. You can "strip" streamers- which means pulling the line with your non-casting hand to give a streamer (minnow pattern fly) action. If you have streams that hold smallmouth, wolly buggers drifted through rifles works very well like DU man said. A hellgrammite pattern, which is the nymph of a damselfly that's found underneath rocks in streams will KILL smallies in the spring time. I also find poppers work really well for smallies, but only at dusk for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DU_man_84 Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 I also find poppers work really well for smallies, but only at dusk for some reason. same thing around here muggs, its wierd aint it, we use wooly buggers until dusk then switch to poppers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 same thing around here muggs, its wierd aint it, we use wooly buggers until dusk then switch to poppers Yeah, it's really strange. The rivers near me will get runs of large Lake Erie smallies in May. During midday during a trip last year, there was a huge (probably 4 pounder) sitting off an undercut bank. I must have worked the popper over her head about 20 times and she wouldn't even look at it. I tied on a hellgrammite and caught her on my thrid drift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Go to your tackle shop and ask for a Sneaky Pete. Get some bigger ones for bass and smaller ones from the bream. Start with the smaller one till you get used to fly casting. Larger poppers have more wind resistance and are harder to cast. Wish you lived closer, I'd give you some lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyrod64 Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Fishing for bream is a great way to learn your technique and they'll usually hit about any kind of fly. Just keep practicing and don't get frustrated. Another good way to learn to cast well is put a paper plate out in the yard and practice throwing to and increasing your distance. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Fishing for bream is a great way to learn your technique and they'll usually hit about any kind of fly. Just keep practicing and don't get frustrated. Another good way to learn to cast well is put a paper plate out in the yard and practice throwing to and increasing your distance. Good luck. Thats how I started! Find some of them foam ants! You wont need to add any flotation goop to the fly, and they will keep you plenty busy! For crappies, I have some pinheads, which is nothing but a streamer type fly, the head is nothing but thread wound around the eye of the hook. Bass in the summer time love deer hair poppers. Hopefully you have a weight-forward fly line in that reel! A level line is terrible to start out with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoor_Guy Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 what weight and length is your rod? You need a weight forward line and tapered leader with the right tippet. Shoot me an email with an address and I'll tie up a few wooly buggers and send them to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubie Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 I'd love to help, but after an entire summer last year of casting flies and catching nothing, I decided I suck at fly fishing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 I'd love to help, but after an entire summer last year of casting flies and catching nothing, I decided I suck at fly fishing.... what type of fish were you fishing for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubie Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Rainbow trout, Bass (white and smallmouth), Pike, carp, and anything else I could think of, on a variety of dry flies, Nymphs, streamers, poppers.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Rainbow trout, Bass (white and smallmouth), Pike, carp, and anything else I could think of, on a variety of dry flies, Nymphs, streamers, poppers.... Hmmm...in rivers or lakes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubie Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Mostly rivers, I've tried some ponds, the odd lake, and some back-water slews I know hold pike and bass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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