"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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Alright if bass are active and chasing bait in open water a streamer or
even a weighted stremer to match the bait fish is certainly the answer,
but what fly solutions to you have for bass in the hot of summer.

Yeah I am sure you can pick up a few on popping bugs and streamers first
thing in the morning or late in the day as sunlight wanes, but what about
mid day when they sound deep or head up into those heavy brush piles for a
bit of shade or pull way back up under a dock?

Are there fly applications for heavy cover fishing?


For deep, or as deep as I go, I find working various rabbit strip flies such
as zonkers and crawfish patterns of various materials works pretty good.
The good ol' Wooly Bugger and variations colors to either match natural
forage or whatever is working for the hardware chunkers. I can't say I'm
impressed with weedguards and such, so I tend to work the fringes of heavy
cover or drop into holes in the cover. Flies and poppers are made to be
lost, I guess. My interpretation is that bass hide in the cover, but
actually feed in the near fringes. The roll-cast pick-up is also a definite
help in bass fishing, such as when you are dropping poppers and hair-bugs
into breaks in lilly-pads.

As for under docks, I go for side-arm casts, or even casting with the rod
tip below my waist and over-power the forward cast a little to keep the
plane of the look as flat as possible relative to the surface of the water.
I'm not sure how to describe what happens with my free hand, but by braking
a little on the shooting line as it nears the end of the delivery I can't
still get a decent presentation despite over-powering the cast.

Hope this helps some.

-Doc Elder