Can I fly fish in a lake?
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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!
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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.
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
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 u can and u should use the wooly bugger because it is big. They other flies are to small for bass
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.
use a good size wolly bugger or a muddler minnow