How to get bass and avoid sunnies?

I recently started using a fly rod to catch bass. Most in this NG
recommended the use poppers and they do work, BUT I've managed to catch
50 sunnies and one small bass so far. Is there another method that will
help with the bass to sunny ratio?

(I've been using Betts poppers like these:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...pers&noImage=0
)

Thanks
Roger

roger wrote:
I recently started using a fly rod to catch bass. Most in this NG
recommended the use poppers and they do work, BUT I've managed to catch
50 sunnies and one small bass so far. Is there another method that will
help with the bass to sunny ratio?

(I've been using Betts poppers like these:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...pers&noImage=0
)

Thanks
Roger


If you up the size of the popper, or fly, you'll weed out the smaller
fish. They simply can't get it in their mouth. Bass on the other hand....

brians

Roadkill streamers......works every time.
Well, for smallmouths anyway. Seems like that would
mean the big mouths would eat them too.

Brian's post to up the popper size is the answer for LM bass. That Betts
collection you bought looks like little size 8, 10 and 12 sized hooks. For
middle sized bass (up to 5-6 pounds) I usually recommend hook sizes 4, 2,
and 1. You may need a bass taper line to throw the larger bugs.

Another possibility especially as the summer winds on is to fish early and
late using a white body or black body popping bug with some white to see it.
Also seek to find a place to cast those big bugs where heavy cover is near
deep water. The water you may have been fishing may have contained mostly
sunnies. If your daytime temps get in the 90s or 100s you may want to night
fish for bass with a glow in the dark popping bug.

Hope this helps.
Good luck!
John
"roger" wrote in message
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I recently started using a fly rod to catch bass. Most in this NG
recommended the use poppers and they do work, BUT I've managed to catch
50 sunnies and one small bass so far. Is there another method that will
help with the bass to sunny ratio?

(I've been using Betts poppers like these:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...pers&noImage=0
)

Thanks
Roger

Can you post a link showing where I can get Roadkill streamers please?
(Had no luck with Google so far).
Thanks

On 20 May 2006 10:25:41 -0700, "roger" wrote:

Can you post a link showing where I can get Roadkill streamers please?
(Had no luck with Google so far).
Thanks

Using smaller bugs this time of the year is almost certainly going to
result in more sunfish/bream/etc. As others have suggested, switch to
larger poppers, flies, etc. and that'll go a long way to solving your
"problem." Heck, whip a chunk of bucktail (and a hackle or two if
handy) onto a larger (say a 2, give or take 2-3 sizes) humpy hook,
attach a cork head, and get after 'em. If you have the materials, do a
variety of color combinations and experiment. If you don't tie, Google
up "bass popper" and match them up at your favorite tackle purveyor.

HTH,
R

On 19 May 2006 16:10:45 -0700, "roger" wrote:

I recently started using a fly rod to catch bass. Most in this NG
recommended the use poppers and they do work, BUT I've managed to catch
50 sunnies and one small bass so far. Is there another method that will
help with the bass to sunny ratio?

(I've been using Betts poppers like these:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...pers&noImage=0
)

Thanks
Roger


Dahlberg Divers.

http://images.google.com/images?q=Da...=Search+Images


hth


g.c.

"roger" wrote in message
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I recently started using a fly rod to catch bass. Most in this NG
recommended the use poppers and they do work, BUT I've managed to catch
50 sunnies and one small bass so far. Is there another method that will
help with the bass to sunny ratio?

Stop using such tiny flies and use some real bass baits. Like large Woolly
Buggers or other streamers, or large frog poppers. Stop wimping about! But
what you will find is that you will probably catch no more bass, just no
sunfish.

bigger bas bugs spun deer hair $17 per doz.

http://www.fly-fishing-flies.com/cat...5_products.htm

some salt water flies are pretty slick as the imitate bait fish, but a
pain to cast on light line.

http://montana-riverboats.com/Pages/..._Streamer.html

I change directory structures 2-3 times a week, on my server,
and Google is always a month behind, so I have lots of broken
links on Google.

The above should work, for a while anyway.