"roger" wrote in message
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I live on a lake that is mostly stocked with bass. A few days ago I
picked up a fly rod combo from Cabellas that came with all sort of
flies with tiny hooks. I'm sure that these will not work with a fish
over one pound or so. What is commonly used for bass? (The largest one
I've seen on the lake was aroiund six pounds, but mostly they run in
2-3 pound range.)

Thanks
Roger

Don't let small hook size fool you. I've caught LM in the 5+ range and SM 4
lbs and bigger on hooks as small as size 12 and 14. I've landed 'bows to 24
inches and browns to 28" on size 24!

Many times I go out bluegill fishing with the flyrod, I get at least one
decent bass in the range 2 1/2 pound or up.

To actively pursue LM I do tend to throw larger stuff (streamers, clousers,
frog and crawfish patterns) and use an 8 wt, but the 5 wt and a size 12 Trim
Gim has caught a bunch for me, especially from late May through early July.

If you can find the April 2004 American Angler, it has a good article on
bass fishing with a fly rod called RULES OF ATTRACTION (starts on page 22)

Mark