Just wondering what some of you might use when there is no visible fish activity or you are fishing a new body of water for bass. Mine would have to be a size 8 bh black wolly bugger.
Thanks,
Gary
Bunny strip, clouser minnow, or streamer such as a larger black nose dace.
Mike
I usually always throw a popper or gurgler first.If they wont hit topwater,then I go subsurface.
Conehead Bunny Leech.
Size 2 white wooly bugger.
I can verify that Mike’s bunny strip is EFFECTIVE!! That fly barely touched the water and BAM. He was trying to show me the action and before we could get a good look it kept getting hit.
shallow water/low light: deer hair frog size 6
deep/clear/bright light: clouser/Puglisi minnow of some kind
I like poppers too. First you find out if they’re willing to take topwater that day, and if they’re not willing they’ll usually still follow it and give away their locations.
I’m also with the crowd that first throws a popper.
I assume LMB? Popper with an un-weighted bugger attached as a dropper. Although a conehead muddler minnow has been effective too, and it doubles for pike also.
Whatever fly I have on while fishing for crappie or gills. I get several bass on those.
Rick
My favorite is a black Wooly Bugger with a gold bead head and gold ribbing. If not that a clouser.
I had fun this morning with a medium size Gurgler and soft hackle dropper.
no one saying crayfish??? I’ll be the first…
I’m with Skip, Tea and FlyPimp. I like to start off with a LARGE Gurgler or a Crease Fly first. If I don’t get any takers, I’ll work down the water column with woolly worms and then with Clouser Deep Minnows. Still no takers, I go home! :shock: 8T
bead-eyed wooley bugger
Funny thing is I never stop ‘searching’ for them with it 
A purple Hard-Hackle Worm.
Semper Fi!
I only use 1 fly and always get all the bass i could handle good on any lake. last outing 4 guys using the Myakka Minnow caught over 130 nice bass. Myakka Minnow never fails.
Hello tonysav, welcome to the board ! I wonder if you could give us a recipe for the Myakka Minnow. In my quest for bass around here I’m always open to a new minnow pattern. Thanks in advance Tony.
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
I found this after some searching. Looks easy to tie.
Greg
“I use fine mono thread and a No. 10 or 12 streamer hook. The tail can be either marabou or a clump of Krystal Flash. The body, which is built up into a minnow shape, is made out of pearly Bodi-Braid by Spirit River. I add 3D Prismatic Stick-On eyes and coat the body with Devon 2-Ton Epoxy. The minnow has resulted in a lot of fish. I go to it when the topwater bite ends. I cast it out, let it sink and retrieve it extremely slow. I?ve taken big bluegill, bass to 4 pounds, tilapia, stumpknocker and speckled perch on it.”- Steve Gibson