Bass Fishing On A Fly Rod

[troutfiend1985]

I did it a couple of times last year and mainly ended up with using marabou jigs. I tried deer hair poppers a few times but never really got any bites on them, I think because of my lack of casting skills and the amount of pressure the lakes recieve.

Anyone here bass fish on the fly rod at JAR?

[Randall]

I did once a few years ago with no success. If you get them in the fall, clousers and coyotes might work pretty well, kinda the same idea as throwing spinnerbaits or swimbaits when they move shallow and feed heavily.

[Loop 6wt]

I pretty much fly fish exclusively. I have had great luck at JAR mainly with topwater stuff around weed beds. When I'm out there I try not to be picky, anything that bites is worth it, the tug is the drug!

[Dave Cook]

I catch many bass on a fly rod using a jig and cork for crappie. If I were targeting bass, I would try an unweighted or just a tiny beadhead wolly bugger (olive) in a size 6.

[dpenrod]

foam poppers, #10 rubber legged red squirrel nymphs. biggest bass for me on a fly rod came on a #8 black mohair leech. i have caught bass on #16 zebra midges that were trailed behind a popper. in my opinion, there are better spots for bass on the fly then j.a.r. need to get out to lone jack lake or either of the two tarsney "lakes". will require some sort of watercraft to get to the better spots.

[laker67]

About the only time I bass fish anymore is when I get bored catching crappie. I will drag out the fly rod and cast to the piers on the dock rampway. For years I have caught keeper bass on one of the simplest, basic pattern known to man. A brown wolly worm, not a bugger, but a true wooly worm. It has to be around 2 inches long with the same color palmered hackle. Be sure and tie it unweighted, the weight of the hook is enough to make it fall slowly. LOZ bass like it.

[troutfiend1985]

Thanks for all the info guys.

dpenrod, I wish I could get out to one of those lakes, I don't have a watercraft though. I'm looking at one of those float tubes, but then again I probably won't use it much. Maybe one of these days when I get out of school.

[Randall]

Float tubes are super easy and you can get them pretty cheap... forego a night at P&L when the student loan money comes in.

[Trout Commander]

forego a night at P&L when the student loan money comes in.

[troutfiend1985]

Float tubes are super easy and you can get them pretty cheap... forego a night at P&L when the student loan money comes in.

Man I wish Finals are coming up in a hurry this time, and it seems that Secured Transactions and Professional Responsibility will be the closest thing I see to either P&L or fishing until May.