Thread: Fly fish for crappie ?

Are those clousers or crappie candy or both? Whatever they are, I like them. Look very good, maybe a little bulky for my tastre but that is just me. As for going deep, I don't see why they still wouldn't work on a sinking a tip or intermediate sinking line. I fish 30-50 foot deep pools for salmon in the fall and have no problme getting down to the fish with just a sinking leader and sinking tip. It does get a little boring waiting for the fly to sink that deep but if that is what it takes.

Those will work! Like was already mentioned, I prefer mine a bit more sparse. Tie a few up and notice the difference in action and look in the water. You may also want to tie some with bead chain eyes for when the fish are shallow.

I also have become a believer in Slumpbusters for crappie. It's a nice dark streamer that has a lot of motion.

I like to fish for crappie the most when they're shallow for spawn, because they're concentrated where we can get after them easier with a fly. That being said, you can catch them most any time of the year, you just have to adapt your tactics!