Flyrod Catfish

[jdmidwest]

Catfish on the Flyrod is a lot of fun. My best luck has been with a black or purple woolly bugger or leech pattern.

[gonefishin]

I still think someone needs to come up with a liver imitation.

[Crippled Caddis]

Drew wrote:

<That would be a blast. Any way of actually targeting them, or is it most often chance that causes one to hook and catch one on a long rod?>

Geez! That question aroused a memory of an article in an outdoor magazine (maybe Outdoor Life---maybe NOT!) 20-30 years ago by Byron Dalrymple (anyone remember him?) about targeting Channel Cat with (IIRC!) Woolly Boogers on the clear, spring-fed streams in the Texas Hill Country.

Dunno how you'd run it down but then I'm not a good 'Googler'.

I've picked up a few by sheer accident over the years---mostly on nymphs and Boogers IIRC. CC

[Gavin]

Pond catfish love hot dogs..but you can fly cast with them..Slim Jims work great. Cheers.

[Quillback]

Crippled Caddis - I remember reading that article years ago, it was either Field and Stream or Outdoor Life. It was unusual to read about flyfihing for catfish, I guess that's why I remember it.

[Randall]

i caught this and several others at my mom's pond on an egg pattern with a sink tip line... as soon as the egg got to the bottom, they smacked it.

into the backing twice.