Fly fishing for bass

[Jwabulani]

Has anyone got any advise on fly fishing for bass.

I fish mostly at Albert falls and some private dams in Wartburg and I love fly fishing, I have tried for bass a lot but with limmeted success.

What time of day is the best?

Top water or bottom?

Which fly pattern works best?

Any help will be appreciated.

 

[TiCK]

Most Woolly Buggers works. I've caught some nice bass on Brown and Green ones, you have to do spot fishing, else very slow retrieve, some times just cast out leave it to touch bottom if nothing took it then pull in few feet and then let it sink again.

The flies with the most vibration in the water tend to get the most attention.

Hoppers and Poppers over areas with lots of hiding spots works well.

Most dry flies works for very small bass when the sun starts to go down.

I've had times when I cast with the baitcaster for Bass with Frogs and Minnows and try everything else but the bass just sits there, then pull out the Fly rod put on a Brown Woolly Bugger and let it slowly drop infront of it and suddenly it's hungry, lol.

Hope you catch some big ones, they realy lekker to catch on Fly Rod.

 

[Al]

With bass - size matters. Larger fish eat larger food and even a small bass will eat a large fly. I use a 9wt to throw big flies and a 15lb tippet. Horst Filter is famous for his big bass flies and is a successful guide. Frog and mice immitations work on the surface. Subsurface big leach patterns, fry patterns (try salt water flies), and BIG wolly buggers, Mrs Simpson Specials, etc.. When you start catching you won't want to fish any other way.

 

[Jwabulani]

TiCK wrote:

Most Woolly Buggers works. I've caught some nice bass on Brown and Green ones, you have to do spot fishing, else very slow retrieve, some times just cast out leave it to touch bottom if nothing took it then pull in few feet and then let it sink again.

The flies with the most vibration in the water tend to get the most attention.

Hoppers and Poppers over areas with lots of hiding spots works well.

Most dry flies works for very small bass when the sun starts to go down.

I've had times when I cast with the baitcaster for Bass with Frogs and Minnows and try everything else but the bass just sits there, then pull out the Fly rod put on a Brown Woolly Bugger and let it slowly drop infront of it and suddenly it's hungry, lol.

Hope you catch some big ones, they realy lekker to catch on Fly Rod.

Thanks Tick I sure will try these ideas.

A lot of practice to do as i will be fishing in the anual New Hanover farm dams Bass compitision on 17 March with an expected attendance of about +/- 1000 anglers.

 

Thight lines

 

[Jwabulani]

Al wrote:

With bass - size matters. Larger fish eat larger food and even a small bass will eat a large fly. I use a 9wt to throw big flies and a 15lb tippet. Horst Filter is famous for his big bass flies and is a successful guide. Frog and mice immitations work on the surface. Subsurface big leach patterns, fry patterns (try salt water flies), and BIG wolly buggers, Mrs Simpson Specials, etc.. When you start catching you won't want to fish any other way.

Thanks Al.

Never thought of trying the salt water flies, some beauties at my local.

 

Will give it a bash.