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{{+1}}Egg sac fly{{-1}}
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Around 50 days after eggs have been lay sac fry hatch. These fry are poor swimmers because of the sac and consequently the imitation should be fished amongst the rubble on the stream bed or on the dead drift. Fish them under an indicator and respond to slightest irregular movement in the indicator in the same way you would if nymph fishing.{{end}}
Last Updated: May 26, 2011
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{{+1}}Bass vampire{{-1}}
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The fly is particularly useful in larger water and can be fished quite deep. For inactive fish John recommends a slow retrieve and even pauses of up to 15 seconds. If fish are active a range of faster stripping actions will yield success. Whilst the black and purple Vampire gets the most press its worth following John's lead and experimenting with different colours for different fisheries.{{end}}
Categories: Bass, EP's, perch and saratoga flies, Flies, Saltwater - tropical
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{{+1}}Guppy{{-1}}
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. When bass are feeding on big insects like Cicadas and Hoppers that crash onto the water they also become susceptible to flies like poppers, and yes guppies, cast around their structure. At other times they just have a whack at them because there intruding into their domain. In either case the strikes and hook ups can be spectacular. They may be big in overall size but they do account for many a big bass.{{end}}
Categories: Bass, EP's, perch and saratoga flies, Flies, Foam and poly fliesTags: Bass, flyfishing, lake, river No Comments »
{{+1}}Parasol emerger{{-1}}
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The authors of “The Fly Tiers Bench-side Reference” previewed this new concept in emerger flies in the Fall 2002 issue of Fly-fishing & Tying Journal. Its shown here tied on a “Steve's Nymph” but you can easily adapt this concept to your favorite nymph.{{end}}
{{+1}}Foam cricket{{-1}}
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If you fish fast water and need a very buoyant hopper or a buoyant fly to support a nymph try this one. Trout love crickets probably because that represent a pretty big serve of protein.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Foam and poly flies, Hoppers, locust & cricketsTags: Bass, flies, lake, river, trout No Comments »
{{+1}}Chatto’s Pusher – Brown bomber version{{-1}}
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I published this fly back in 2011. It casts easily and displaces or pushes a lot of water when retrieved. That water displacement at the head creates currents along the body which activate the body materials. The black over gold version (ie gold bomber colours) is particularly good over weed beds and in dirtier water.{{end}}
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{{+1}}Bass stimulator – Chatto’s tie{{-1}}
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For a long time I simply sized up my trout stimulator and used them on bass unfortunately they just didn't offer bass a big enough morsel and even though they were bigger than anything I would use for trout they still landed too softly ... not announcing their presence to the bass. A while back I got round to addressing the problems and after a reasonable amount of experimentation came up with this version of a stimulator which ticks all the boxes.{{end}}
Categories: Bass, EP's, perch and saratoga flies, Flies, Saltwater - tropicalTags: Bass, Dry flies, lake, mangrove, river No Comments »
{{+1}}Lead head egg fly{{-1}}
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This is a very effective fly for fast water because it sinks fast and the placement of the lead shot gives the fly a propensity to ride point up reducing the incidence of snagging. It can be used on its own just to bounce along the bottom or to sink a second fly such as a second egg fly or unweighted nymph. The other really good thing is fish accept it readily.{{end}}
{{+1}}Bass foam hopper{{-1}}
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When I converted my trout foam hopper for use as a bass and tropical fly fishing I added a sparkle chenille under-body and grossed it up dramatically so that it would withstand the aggressive nature of fish like Australian bass and tropical species such as mangrove jack.{{end}}
{{+1}}Foam hopper – Chatto original{{-1}}
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If you fish fast water and need a very buoyant hopper or a buoyant fly to support a nymph try this one.{{end}}
Categories: Bass, EP's, perch and saratoga flies, Dry flies, Flies, Foam and poly flies, Hoppers, locust & cricketsTags: Bass, flyfishing, lake, river, trout No Comments »