Re: Catfish, on a flyrod?
Big Black or Olive Wollybuggers work sometimes here in Ky. I weight mine to keep them on the bottom.
Re: Catfish, on a flyrod?
i don't target catfish, but fish a small lake where i catch at least one evry time i fish it. what has worked are woolly bugger's (black), grhe #10 and believe it or not had one smack my popper last sunday. nice 22" channel cat.
Re: Catfish, on a flyrod?
My only experience has been with Channel Cats. They suspend OFF the bottom and will bite minnow patterns.
Re: Catfish, on a flyrod?
I've hooked them on nymphs, Clousers, white bunnies and Zoo Cougars, meaning a topwater hit. From my experience that just about covers the water spectrum. I'll also admit that I've never targeted Channel Cats. I was fishing other species when they hit. My largest flathead was caught on a Crappie Candy fly while fishing for crappie in the late spring, coming in just over 10 lbs. What incredible fighters, though. Wow. JGW
Re: Catfish, on a flyrod?
8) We catch them regularly here in OK on a crayfish fly and a black bunny leech variation. In fact we catch everything on these 2 flies. I have also caught one on a popper, but I think it is rare to catch one that way
Re: Catfish, on a flyrod?
This on took a popper after dark.
I caught three or four of them that night.
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...D/IMGP0228.jpg
Re: Catfish, on a flyrod?
ive caught them on pheasant tails and wooly worms.
only caught 2.
my first one was on the wooly worm last year. 8 lbs on my 5 weight.
hell of a fight.
my second one was with a #10 pheasant tail. 17lbs!!! on my 6weight!.
holy crap that one took 30 minutes to land on 2x! :shock:
Re: Catfish, on a flyrod?
Fly Fish TV did a show on that. It's in their 2006 collection and it's called Canadian Cats and Carp. I've caught a few over the years. Black Wollybuggers worked more often in the river I was fishing in but you can get them on nymphs and other things...almost like carp fishing really.
Re: Catfish, on a flyrod?
Going to be spending some money on quite a few flies haha. Until I get my tying supplies and learn how to tie. Thanks for the suggestions, I appreciate it everyone!
I used to do a lot of catfishing with the spinning outfit, but now that I've gotten rid of it, I'm eager to catch everything with the flyrod.
Thanks again,
Shane