Bass Bugs?

Anyone out there fish bass bugs on a fly rod?
I'm gonna start this spring.
I would like to hear about which flys work for you and how/when/where do you
use them.
-Rick

On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 20:33:35 -0500, "Richard Liebert"
wrote:

Anyone out there fish bass bugs on a fly rod?
I'm gonna start this spring.
I would like to hear about which flys work for you and how/when/where do you
use them.

I do. My favorite popping bugs are made by Peckinpaugh, "Peck's
Poppers". Color does not seem to matter as much as placement, shape,
and how well it "plops" when twitched. Some bugs have long rubber
legs which make the bug tough to cast, so I trim them down or remove
them altogether. I use a 9 ft. St. Croix rod with WF8 line and 8 ft.
leader.

I also fly fish for bluegill with lighter tackle--what a blast! I
prefer a level 6 weight line in order to roll a tighter loop than with
a tapered line. Bass will also hit the smaller bugs--it takes some
skill and lotsa luck to whip a 4 or 5# lmb on a 4# test tippet!

Have fun this spring and keep us posted on how the bass bugging goes
for you.
Guy A
Ripley, TN

Thank you for your post. Can you recommend a good source for bass bugs. BTW
I am using an original Gary Loomis 9' 7wt 2 pc. that I built. Should work
fine. Can't wait to get started as soon as the ice is out on my northern PA
bass lake.

-Rick


"Guy F. Anderson Sr." wrote in message
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On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 20:33:35 -0500, "Richard Liebert"
wrote:

Anyone out there fish bass bugs on a fly rod?
I'm gonna start this spring.
I would like to hear about which flys work for you and how/when/where do
you
use them.

I do. My favorite popping bugs are made by Peckinpaugh, "Peck's
Poppers". Color does not seem to matter as much as placement, shape,
and how well it "plops" when twitched. Some bugs have long rubber
legs which make the bug tough to cast, so I trim them down or remove
them altogether. I use a 9 ft. St. Croix rod with WF8 line and 8 ft.
leader.

I also fly fish for bluegill with lighter tackle--what a blast! I
prefer a level 6 weight line in order to roll a tighter loop than with
a tapered line. Bass will also hit the smaller bugs--it takes some
skill and lotsa luck to whip a 4 or 5# lmb on a 4# test tippet!

Have fun this spring and keep us posted on how the bass bugging goes
for you.
Guy A
Ripley, TN

On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 21:00:16 -0500, "Richard Liebert"
wrote:

Thank you for your post. Can you recommend a good source for bass bugs.

WalMart, BassPro, Cabela's, order on-line from any number of sources.
Might do a Google search or two.
Guy A
Ripley, TN

On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 20:33:35 -0500, "Richard Liebert"
wrote:

Anyone out there fish bass bugs on a fly rod?
I'm gonna start this spring.
I would like to hear about which flys work for you and how/when/where do you
use them.
-Rick

Rick

Found a 7wt flyrod in one of my sheds - left over from a prev. owner.
Mid 80s - early graphite style - no reel. Have to get one yet.

Thought I might try it at some point. No fly rod exper. otherwise, so
its going to be learning curve. I did find some deer hair popper and
some wooly bugger flys at WalMart marked down. Also a fly fishing for
panfish and bass CD. Look around.

I do have a resource - know a avid fly fisherman - he has offered to
let me tag along on some of his trips.

Jim

What kind of rod did you find? Who made it? Might be a treasure!

Fly fishing is addictive. Like all addictions, it's fairly easy to get
started, give that part a little time. Once you can cast, you should be able
to catch fish. From that point forward the learning curve is endless and so
is the addiction.

Make sure the reel and line you use matches the rod. Your friend or a good
fly shop should be able to help you. If there the line is mismatched to the
rod you will have a hard time learning how to cast, it will fight you.

Good luck!

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On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 20:33:35 -0500, "Richard Liebert"
wrote:

Anyone out there fish bass bugs on a fly rod?
I'm gonna start this spring.
I would like to hear about which flys work for you and how/when/where do
you
use them.
-Rick

Rick

Found a 7wt flyrod in one of my sheds - left over from a prev. owner.
Mid 80s - early graphite style - no reel. Have to get one yet.

Thought I might try it at some point. No fly rod exper. otherwise, so
its going to be learning curve. I did find some deer hair popper and
some wooly bugger flys at WalMart marked down. Also a fly fishing for
panfish and bass CD. Look around.

I do have a resource - know a avid fly fisherman - he has offered to
let me tag along on some of his trips.

Jim

On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 20:33:35 -0500, Richard Liebert wrote:

Anyone out there fish bass bugs on a fly rod?
I'm gonna start this spring.
I would like to hear about which flys work for you and how/when/where do you
use them.
-Rick

I have a 4wt8' St. Croix with a 3M reel on my fly rod. It is dependent
on conditions , but mostly I throw a black #8 Teeny Nymph. I have caught
Largemouth, smallmouth, steelhead, and a bunch of panfish. I am hoping to
do some fly fishing from my boat this year for smallmouth, but we will
have to see how things go :-)


Chris

A few of us ONLY fish for bass using a fly rod and fewer still mostly use
only popping bugs on topwater.
Here's a few tips per your questions:
1. Make sure you get a bass bug taper fly line for your rod.
2. With the size of your rod, do not try to cast bugs larger than size 4.
3. White popping bugs work better early and late in dim light.
4. All black tarantula bugs and yellow and black bee stripe bugs work
during the heat of the day tossed way back under shade near deep water.
5. Do not false cast over bass water. Cast into open areas between lily
pads not into or on top of them.
6. Messenger's Frog and Texas Bullfrogs work in froggy waters such as
grass, lily pads, weeds, etc.
7. Mouse Rats and hopper patterns work well next to banks and logs.
8. Rubber legged Spider and cricket patterns in black and brown work well
near brush, trees, banks, rocks and grassy areas.
9. In heavily fished bass water, count to 10 before twitching popping bug
to increase strikes per cast.
10. If the popping bug does not hit the water first, pick it up and cast
somewhere else.
11. Sharpen popping bug hooks.
12. When daily temps exceed 100F, use glow in the dark and fluorescent
popping bugs for night fishing.
13. For more fun, add a nymph dropper 24 - 30 inches beyond your popping
bug.
14. A 7 1/2 foot 7-8 pound leader with a 24-36 inch 6 -7 pound tippet
should work well with your rod and bass taper.

Hope this gives you some ideas.
Good luck!

John


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Anyone out there fish bass bugs on a fly rod?
I'm gonna start this spring.
I would like to hear about which flys work for you and how/when/where do
you
use them.
-Rick