Have to agree with Jim Sentell as that is what is working for me as of late also. ( wooley bugger...for me with dumbell eyes, which is forward-weighted and a frog popper.
Have to agree with Jim Sentell as that is what is working for me as of late also. ( wooley bugger...for me with dumbell eyes, which is forward-weighted and a frog popper.
Good fishing technique trumps all.....wish I had it.
Blue over White Clouser tied onto a #10 Nymph hook with a small gold dumbell. The Shellcrackers love them too.
Okay, Big Bad Wulff, that's it.....I've been threatening to tie a few Woolies with dumbell eyes and just naturally grab the
tungsten wire....
Do you take your hackle all the way to the hook eye or tie it off behind the eyes?
Jim
Deer hair bug also.....tied to immi a baitfish or a frog. Either is fine.
That depends on if I'm using a fresh hackle or some left-over short section
I do both. Kinda depends on how much room I left when I tied in the dumbell. I can't say which seems to look better but the bass sure like 'em either way
Good fishing technique trumps all.....wish I had it.
My favorite bass fly is a 1/0 Gurgle Pop tied with a bucktail and saddle hackle tail to make it 4-6 inches long. I like in three colors Chartreuse/white, white/red and green/orange. 8T
To me bass fishing is fishing rivers for smallmouth bass!
Chartreuse wooley bugger - size 4- with lead dumbell eyes (unpainted) and yellow rubber legs.
Lefty's Potomac river popper - size 4
top water Dahlberg Diver or Wiggle Bug. Underwater a black Gill Buster. JGW
Green frog tied on a # 4, #6, 0r #8 depending on where I fishing and what rig I'm using to cast with.
My best producing days have been fishing on lakes with a frog, so it's an easy choice for me.
Jim and Big Bad Wulff, what colors are you tying your buggers??? I havn't been able to figure out what to use in the pond I fish, it has completly changed since last year.