What's Your Favorite Fly For...

The fly is very simple. Use Red Fox body fur (creamy reddish orange - light
color with gray underfur) for the "underwing'. I like two to four strands
of copper flashabou longer than the belly. Then the top wing is red fox
tail fur - much darker reddish brown.

I will post a pic to ABPF

Joe

"Wayne P" wrote in message
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for smallmouth bass and what is your favorite fly for catching the
"gamest
fish that swims"?

Foxee Red Clouser Minnow - an excellent imitation of a fleeing soft craw
or
small sculpin.

Joe C.

Joe, would you mind posting the colors etc for that?

wayne

Thanks! - looking forward to seeing pic

wayne



"Cornmuse" wrote in message
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The fly is very simple. Use Red Fox body fur (creamy reddish orange -
light
color with gray underfur) for the "underwing'. I like two to four strands
of copper flashabou longer than the belly. Then the top wing is red fox
tail fur - much darker reddish brown.

I will post a pic to ABPF

Joe

"Wayne P" wrote in message
...
for smallmouth bass and what is your favorite fly for catching the
"gamest
fish that swims"?

Foxee Red Clouser Minnow - an excellent imitation of a fleeing soft
craw
or
small sculpin.

Joe C.

Joe, would you mind posting the colors etc for that?

wayne

Clouser Minnow. Actually I have been to his shop on a few occasions
in Middleton, PA - nicest man you'd ever want to meet.

Dick

On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 07:12:48 GMT, "Hooked" wrote:

I don't fish much for trout, and I was just wondering, how many of you fish
for smallmouth bass and what is your favorite fly for catching the "gamest
fish that swims"?

"Hooked" wrote in message
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I don't fish much for trout, and I was just wondering, how many of you
fish
for smallmouth bass and what is your favorite fly for catching the "gamest
fish that swims"?


Chart/white clouser, Kaufmann black stone fly, assorted Peck's Poppers, and
size 8 - 1/0 gurglers. I've had fair luck on red fox clousers (crawfish
pattern), but in the Kankakee River, you lose a lot of anything that bounces
along the bottom.

Mark


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"Mark W. Oots" mark_ctc@(delete this)ameritech.net wrote in message
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Chart/white clouser, Kaufmann black stone fly, assorted Peck's Poppers,
and
size 8 - 1/0 gurglers. I've had fair luck on red fox clousers (crawfish
pattern), but in the Kankakee River, you lose a lot of anything that
bounces
along the bottom.



Red fox clousers. Is that the same as the Foxee red clouser Cornmuse
referred to? Got a pattern for them?

There's a guy in our tying club named Joe Kiselica who specializes in
fresh water patterns and bass. He recently tied a "Texas Crawdad"
which he says is great for bass, and is probably similar to the
crawfish pattern Mark recommended. You can check out the Texas Crawdad
pattern at www.uftri.com, click on Fly Catalog, then click on the
Texas Crawdad and it will show you the picture and the pattern recipe.
(Also as someone mentioned, the wooly bugger is a huge goto pattern
for bass. Last season a mongo-sized bass broke my line after a short
fight, after he hit a black wooley bugger with an olive head, on a
pretty large hook, it was a 4 or a 6. That was in Candelwood Lake, CT)

Also, I'm new to this newsgroup so I'm not sure where most of you are
from, but if you're in the Northeast, UFTRI (United Fly Tyers of Rhode
Island) is putting on it's first Fly Tying show on Saturday April 3,
2004. Here's a flyer detailing the show if you can make it:
http://www.uftri.com/snefts/symposium2004.asp

Tight wraps,

Doug



"Mark W. Oots" mark_ctc@(delete this)ameritech.net wrote in message . com...
"Hooked" wrote in message
...
I don't fish much for trout, and I was just wondering, how many of you
fish
for smallmouth bass and what is your favorite fly for catching the "gamest
fish that swims"?


Chart/white clouser, Kaufmann black stone fly, assorted Peck's Poppers, and
size 8 - 1/0 gurglers. I've had fair luck on red fox clousers (crawfish
pattern), but in the Kankakee River, you lose a lot of anything that bounces
along the bottom.

Mark


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Hooked,
We have a difference of opinion on the "gamest fish that
swims". I think it is the West Coast Native Steelhead.
Ernie


"Hooked" wrote in message
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I don't fish much for trout, and I was just wondering, how
many of you
fish
for smallmouth bass and what is your favorite fly for
catching the "gamest
fish that swims"?

"Ernie" wrote in message
om...
Hooked,
We have a difference of opinion on the "gamest fish that
swims". I think it is the West Coast Native Steelhead.
Ernie




I was only quoting a quote I heard a long time ago. "Pound for pound, the
smallmouth is the gamest fish that swims."

I don't remember who said it, but I'm sure it won't be long before someone
reading this comes up with the right answer.

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 04:55:18 GMT, "Hooked" wrote:

"Ernie" wrote in message
. com...
Hooked,
We have a difference of opinion on the "gamest fish that
swims". I think it is the West Coast Native Steelhead.
Ernie




I was only quoting a quote I heard a long time ago. "Pound for pound, the
smallmouth is the gamest fish that swims."

I don't remember who said it, but I'm sure it won't be long before someone
reading this comes up with the right answer.


Dr. Henschall back around the turn of the century. The previous
century, that is.


g.c.

"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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Dr. Henschall back around the turn of the century. The previous
century, that is.


Thanks.

I read his book "More About The Black Bass" several (many) years ago. I'm
not sure if it's in this book, but I do remember the quote. Just couldn't
remember who said it.