Striper/Bass Guide

[West Fork Jason]

Will be passing through soon w/o my boat hooked up.

Can anyone recommend a striper/bass guide that would cater to fly fishing on Beaver?

Cheers,
JS

[crkoester]

I live on Beaver and have been a serious bass fisherman here for years, and I also fly fish. On Beaver lake itself I don't know of a single guide who does any fly fishing. It really would not be a productive technique to try to just go out and fly fish the lake. Even bass guys fishing with conventional tackle struggle often. The striper guides are really set up to troll live bait or umbrella rigs, crankbaits, etc. Your only real hope to catch a striper on the fly would be to find an area where they are chasing bait at the surface and throw into the fray... and it's very tough to find that situation predictably with stripers here. Your best bet to catch fish on the fly here will be way up in the rivers in a few weeks when the white bass are making their spawning run. When you catch that just right you can easily have very fast action.

[Samkam1]

Mike Bailey

http://www.beaversafari.com/

[Feathers and Fins]

Jason, your two best times are Nov/Dec and March/April for a shot at them on a fly. Right now they are in a funk and the lake is not being nice either. I have no issues giving you a lift out to try for them I know your good with a flystick but no promises on them. Load up with an 8wt sinking line and 15lb leader, Best fly is hands down the FOF so get some from Duckydoty if you can.

Shoot me a PM when you will be down and I will see what I can arrange.

[West Fork Jason]

Do you have a picture of the FOF fly?

Here is one I recently posted on another thread---->