Crappie fly

What is the best fly for catching Crappie?

Fred

In article z4%kc.11723$kh4.739236@attbi_s52, says...
What is the best fly for catching Crappie?


Sparsely dressed bucktail streamer, on about a size 10 or 12
streamer hook. White is always good, but carry an assortment
of weird colors, because you never know what might work, and
make some weighted and some not.

Kevin

Kevin Vang wrote:

says...
What is the best fly for catching Crappie?

Sparsely dressed bucktail streamer, on about a size 10 or 12
streamer hook. White is always good, but carry an assortment
of weird colors, because you never know what might work, and
make some weighted and some not.

I agree with Kevin, but I'd favor those weighted with a heavy bead and
fished like a jig.

Some of the old-timey wet flies can be good too (Professor, Royal
Coachman).

JR

I've caught 'em using a Grey Ghost.

On Sun, 02 May 2004 04:48:31 GMT, "f.blair" wrote:

What is the best fly for catching Crappie?

Fred

f.blair wrote:

What is the best fly for catching Crappie?

1/32 oz. bucktail jig.

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Ken Fortenberry

The best crappie bait in the entire world, yes I say world, is a white
bucktail jig with pink lead head. Smaller is better.
Sully

Ken Fortenberry wrote:
f.blair wrote:

What is the best fly for catching Crappie?


1/32 oz. bucktail jig.

Sully wrote:
The best crappie bait in the entire world, yes I say world, is a white
bucktail jig with pink lead head. Smaller is better.
Sully


They were known as Pinkies in the northwoods of Minnesota. They were
just about the only lure ny great uncle used. His target was always
Walleyes and he either used them plain or tipped with a minnow. I was
less particular and used them with great succes on Crappie. I would fish
them suspended below a small bobber. Very effective. Crappie seem to
like suspended lures and flies.

Willi

"Willi and Sue" wrote in message
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Sully wrote:
The best crappie bait in the entire world, yes I say world, is a white
bucktail jig with pink lead head. Smaller is better.
Sully


They were known as Pinkies in the northwoods of Minnesota. They were
just about the only lure ny great uncle used. His target was always
Walleyes and he either used them plain or tipped with a minnow. I was
less particular and used them with great succes on Crappie. I would fish
them suspended below a small bobber. Very effective. Crappie seem to
like suspended lures and flies.


They were also known as pinkies here when I was a small boy, and were a
favorite on the piers into Lake Michigan among perch fishers who scorned
live (more or less) bait.

Wolfgang
o.k., i'm bored.

If your still in Clear Lake a white or yellow weighted streamer. Fish it
4-5 deep in the daytime. As it gets darker they will rise to the surface.
"f.blair" wrote in message
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What is the best fly for catching Crappie?

Fred

More important than fly selection or color IMO is the retrieve if you are
fishing a wet fly. It needs to be painfully slow to an order of magnitude. Flip
a small white wooly bugger out and let it sink for 15 or 20 seconds. Then
start lifting the rod at the rate of about an inch a second, if that fast.
Then wait for the faint "tunk" and haul him in.

I use this technique to outfish my old man, the best bait crappie fisherman in
the western hemisphere.

S-L-O-W