"THE BULLY BASS GANG" - Readers Cast (Keith Swanson) - July 12, 2010

[rtidd]

"THE BULLY BASS GANG"

Bass are bullies! I?ve said it before and I?ll say it again, bass are bullies.

It's the end of May and I finally got to go fishing. I work as a computer lab manger at the local university and this means the last 2 weeks of the semester and the 2 weeks after the semester ends are hard for me to get time off, it's even hard to get away for lunch. This means I usually miss some good spring time fishing, but sooner or later I get the itch so bad I just have to risk attending an afternoon meeting smelling of fish.

[NJTroutbum]

Great read! Nothing like hitting the water when you can and making the most of it. Right there with you....and thanks for sharing:^)

My favorite warmwater pattern for both gills and bass is the Foam-Butt Caddis. I will sometimes hit the water at lunch with only a handful of FB Caddis and a spool of tippet. Great fun.

[Rick Z]

I get several bass on the Goldie Jrf. A previous FOTW>

Rick

[rrhyne56]

Bullies indeed! Next time swap out for some minimally ten pound test tippet just to make sure. In my personal experience, the ten pound tippet has never stopped a bream from hitting a fly but YMMV.

Good luck and let us know if you get to take one of those bullies to the curb!

[rrhyne56]

oh, and some sort of Fire Tiger streamer might be good to have in the box. Something that looks "bluegill-ish"