atomic dog,

I recently was in the same boat as you. I have a pond near me which has a large Bass population also and had low success with the fly. I tried many patterns, caught a few but not nearly like the 7" twister tailed black worm was producing on the spinning rod.

I finally tied up a clouser type fly with rabbit zonker (approx. 5" long) with a cross cut rabbit collar, lead eyes and a bucktail wing. Tied them up in black & olive rabbit with a wing of purple or chartruse (spelling?). That thing really comes to life in the water. First cast resulted in a bass approx. four pounds. It's now my go to fly in this pond and seems to do a good job.

The real bonus is they only take a couple of minutes to tie.

Give it a try and if you want a picture I'll be glad to email you one.

Leo C.