Can I Fly Fish In A Lake?
June 12th, 2009 | How To Fly Fish | 7 Comments »I live right by a lake, I like to walk down to it and fish with just a regular pole and bait. But i love to fly fish it's my most favorite thing to do.
I heard someone talking about fly fishing on the lake and catching loads of bass.I'm now wondering what kinda of flies you would use or a different technique.
If you could help me out it would be great.
Thanks!
I see no reason at all why you couldn't fly fish. if its for bass one of your best options would be a 9ft 6lb fluorocarbon leader and bass popper-although fluorocarbon sinks it wont pull down a buoyant popper. You can use most trout streamers for bass, flies such as the Woolly Bugger will work well.
There is no need for an intermediate line at first, a simple floater with a long leader and weighted flies will get you down to the fish.
I would suggest a medium to fast action 9.6ft 7wt for bass, unless you feel confident in using your reels drag this would be best for starting out, as you become better a 6 wt would suit, i sometimes use a 5wt for bass which is very good fun.
Also the extra rod length of 9ft+ will help you gain even better distance, if the fish are feeding far out an 8wt would suit with a shooting head, however i feel to get the most fun try a 7wt.
A selection of well tied bass flies-tell them airflow sent you
http://www.kmdtackle.com/flies.html
Another selection of flies that should fish well-giving them lots of movement with a twitched retrieve should encourage most bass
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/index/index-display.jsp?id=cat380001&navAction=jump&navCount=1&cmCat=MainCatcat20431&parentType=category&parentId=cat20431
Yes, I fly fish most of the time on the lake. Foam Spider is a good general purpose fly for most lake fishing. Larger flies that make a lot of splash and gurgle attract bass.
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the type of "fly" to fish with really depends on what natural insects and flies are their. but an eay way to fly fish is to get a Float Tube or a Pontoon
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i love fishing of all kinds
I see no reason at all why you couldn't fly fish. if its for bass one of your best options would be a 9ft 6lb fluorocarbon leader and bass popper-although fluorocarbon sinks it wont pull down a buoyant popper. You can use most trout streamers for bass, flies such as the Woolly Bugger will work well.
There is no need for an intermediate line at first, a simple floater with a long leader and weighted flies will get you down to the fish.
I would suggest a medium to fast action 9.6ft 7wt for bass, unless you feel confident in using your reels drag this would be best for starting out, as you become better a 6 wt would suit, i sometimes use a 5wt for bass which is very good fun.
Also the extra rod length of 9ft+ will help you gain even better distance, if the fish are feeding far out an 8wt would suit with a shooting head, however i feel to get the most fun try a 7wt.
A selection of well tied bass flies-tell them airflow sent you
http://www.kmdtackle.com/flies.html
Another selection of flies that should fish well-giving them lots of movement with a twitched retrieve should encourage most bass
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/index/index-display.jsp?id=cat380001&navAction=jump&navCount=1&cmCat=MainCatcat20431&parentType=category&parentId=cat20431
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Yes u can and u should use the wooly bugger because it is big. They other flies are to small for bass
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Absolutely – there are lots of fly fishermen who successfully catch bass in lakes. They don't necessarily bite aquatics nymphs or flying insects – they want something meatier like a frog, or a minnow, or even a mouse imitation. These are heavier flies and will require stouter equipment than trout. You will want an 8 weight rod with matching line. Many brands of line have special weight forward versions which help throw the heavier flies.
A couple of good places to look are Cabelas and Orvis.
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Use a big wooly bugger as a streamer or buy some poppers to use on them.
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use a good size wolly bugger or a muddler minnow
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