Flies For Crappie

[blacknoseddace]

good question uncle fish. I twitch the fly with rod tip and hand through likely crappie holding areas such as brush or shallow water during the spawn. Pre-spawn fish in cooler water will be sluggish, so slow it down. The advantage of the float is that you can let the fly hang right in front of the fish without having to move it off them quickly like you would have to with a jig and no float. The take can be so subtle that you barely see the float move...this is where the sixth sense comes in. Once you catch a few this way you key in on how the float reacts when the crappie inhales the fly. When the water warms up and the fish get active they will pull the float under more often than not.  Also, I regulate the depth by adjusting the float up or down the leader when needed. This has been my experience, for what it's worth. 

[unclefish]

Thanks Blacknoseddace getting it know i'll have to give it a shot this spring.Thank you for your time and patience we all appreciate it.

[Dkman]

I have had luck with bead head white woolly buggers's and sometimes black BH

[Butthead]

Zonkers and Deceivers also work on crappie and their heads are light enough to use under floats. Personally, I prefer to twitch them along without a float - part of the fun with using a fly rod is to feel the strike - but sometimes I need to let a breeze slip my flies into the cover. 

[Fishslayer88]

Google crappie candy.