We’re having some nice weather here in Georgia and it will only be a few more weeks before the bass and bream are in their spring feeding frenzy. I got to spent some time at the tying bench a few weeks back filling up my fly boxes in anticipation. Black mohair yarn leeches are my go-to patterned for big bream, so I tied up enough for the season.
I also tied up a couple fo dozen mop flies from the link that Uncle Jesse posted a while back and they look like they’ll work great as well.
Jim Smith
Here in Oklahoma we are a few weeks behind you. My fly boxes are overflowing because we had such high water last spring — early summer It was some of my poorest warm water fishing in years . Real estate development has sucked up some of my best ponds. Hope you have a great year in Georgia
Good job. Your flies look great!
I can hardly wait here in Virginia. Last year I caught my first warmwater fish (a redbreast sunfish) on March 12. With our relatively mild winter so far, can I do better this year?
Now that I’m in MI, I envy y’all. We still have ice on the lakes. My job just shut down for the month (country club, no point in staying open when the course is closed). Time to flip into Production Mode and start working on the tying lists I’ve made over the past few months…
If my math is correct Friday 2/5 is halfway through the official Winter season, not that I am counting or anything. Mr. Smith invited me to come visit him with my little plastic boat and long pole a couple of years ago. If the invitation is still open, this is the year I am finally going to make. Can’t let an offer like that go to waste now that I am officially an old codger.
What? No winter crappie fishing in Georgia???
Up here In Tn, we fish year-round for ALL
species! I don’t think there is a month of the year I haven’t caught bream and/or bass in.
Of course it ain’t exactly ‘on fire’ this time of year :rolleyes:
The temperature and wind are having a contest today. Both are about 26.
Month or two away from open water.
Rick
Appalachan Angler - We can also fish all year round with the exception of the rather rare snowy, windy days. Since I retired and started my own business I’ve been too busy working which is all my fault as a closet workaholic. There were several years in a row that I fished at least once a week and could count the days I got skunked on one hand. Right now it’s warm enough, but we’ve had so much rain, that the water is super high and muddy. In a couple of weeks it will be back to normal and the fish will be hitting.
Uncle Jesse, The offer still stands! Let’s start comparing our calendars so we can set something up in mid-March when it should start warming up nicely.
Jim
Lest any poor, hapless, would-be-traveling angler (especially of the snowbound variety) make plans to come to Tennessee to fish, please allow me to present this as a public service announcement.
There are NO FISH in Tennessee.
Just like there are no trout(s) in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Thank you for your time and attention.
The Peanut Gallery.
Ice just melted off most the lakes here in northern Kentucky. Unless we have another cold snap (highly likely this time of year) we’re 4-5 weeks out. Seems like a very long time…
Jeff
Here are some of the Mop Flies I tied up from the video link posted by Uncle Jesse. They look like they’ll work great to me, but I guess I’ll have to go ask the fish as soon as it warms back up. I think I found the mop heads in black and I will be adding some more to the box in new color combinations when those come in. Very nice looking pattern Jesse, as they are as simple a pattern to tie you could ever ask for.
Jim Smith
Do you have a source for the white/khaki mop stuff? I can’t find it anywhere.
I got a couple of them at Target and the remainder of them from Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017IS7YI2?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00
Jim Smith
Thanks, you must have all they had at Amazon - they’re all out. Will try Target
I may start fishing for trout in a couple of weeks. Definitely not this weekend with below zero wind chill temperatures predicted for Saturday and Sunday. Been tying some warm water stuff. Mostly small poppers.
Some bass flies loosely based on a booby fly. They run about 3 inches long
Front view
Pretty poppers! I usually tie my poppers out of closed-cell foam using a dremel like a tiny lathe to shape them. I’ve not tried the booby fly. How does it produce for you?
Jim Smith
Do you fish the booby on the top? The fly hanging down in the water with short twitches should get a fishes attention!!!
Jim:
I’m basically lazy, so I’ll buy the soft foam popper bodies. Sometimes, I shape them out of foam cylinders using a dremel tool. I also use round or heart shaped pieces of foam. This one has worked very well for me the last two years.
As far as the booby fly, I’ve caught a lot of pan fish on smaller versions. This is the first time I’ve gone that large with one. Don’t see why it shouldn’t work.
Linecaster:
I plan to fish it both ways. On top and subsurface with either an intermediate or sinking line
