Golf Course Pond Bass Flyfishing = Super A #1 Fun Time With Cool Pix 4 U

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Secret un-named golf course here in Branson (Phil has been there with me once)...

1 barbless fly - 1 hour - 7 landed fish - missed 7 or more - lost one over 3lbs :

I tried to make the title more appealing to the younger demographic... ha ha

Here is the bug - The Bow River Bugger :

and the recipe, thanks to the Central Alberta Fly Tying Club :


Bow River Bugger - here is a link to tying lesson for this fly : http://goldenstone.ca/Fly_Tying_the_Bow_River_Bugger.php

Hook: 3X or 4X Streamer hook
Weight:lead substitute or cone head
Tail: marabou (color to suit) with some crystal flash
Body: Chenille (color to suit)
Hackle: Green, black or white
Rib: Medium copper wire
Collar: Deer hair
Head: Spun deer hair

[Buzz]

Nice. I've been trying to find a way into a couple of golf courses around here.

[ness]

Sah-weet!

I can't hardly drive by a golf course without checking out the water. I've hopped some fences, just never on a golf course.

[rps]

Two of my favorite ponds, when I was young, were on Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa. You just had to make sure you didn't try to fish during the U.S. Open or the PGA.

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Sometimes courses close on Mondays to re-manicure the greens.

That is the best day to try and sneak in.. err. uhh.. I mean look at a new course.

[hoglaw]

Pinnacle in Rogers is closed on Mondays and has some awesome spots for tossing the long rod - no high grass to deal with and nothing in your backswing. If anyone wants to give it a shot on a Monday, let me know and I'll take you.

[Guest]

Pinnacle in Rogers is closed on Mondays and has some awesome spots for tossing the long rod - no high grass to deal with and nothing in your backswing. If anyone wants to give it a shot on a Monday, let me know and I'll take you.

Pencil me in for a couple mondays this summer

[Jason R.]

I too am a frequent visitor of golf course ponds. Black popper= all you need.

[On The Fly 6]

I'm in Fayetteville and would like to get in on some golf course fishing. Will they not just let you on to fish?

[hoglaw]

They will in places. I've heard that you can just walk on at The Creeks and fish. So that's a few ponds plus a long stretch of two creeks. If you try it at Blessings or Pinnacle, you'll be leaving in handcuffs. At the Blessings, they'll run you off for sure just for wading up clear creek through it. But I suppose it's their right. Pinnacle isn't so much of a problem with them running you off the course. I promise they wouldn't. You just have to be able to get in through security in the first place. I hear Shadow Valley is awfully good but again, you have to get by security. Honestly, I bet the most aggressive runner-offers are the old folks at Bella Vista.

I have fished (at night) at Razorback and Paradise Valley. Never had any issues. Never had any at Lost Springs either, but I played there for a while. Lost Springs has some really good fish, and some mega carp. Prairie Creek purports to charge a fee for fishing so I doubt you could get on there. All of the LIndsey courses have ponds in the middle and they won't know you from Adam. I bet you can just say "I'm in D-10" and they won't know the difference.

There's a big pond at Stonebridge. It has a lake on some of the maps. It's on number 17 with the green between it and the White River. I'm sure it has some fish in it. Big Sugar doesn't appear to have much worth fishing. There's one good sized pond I can think of. I'm sure there are some fish in the creeks, but I don't want to walk that place just to get at the pond.