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A 1/4 once bell sinker on the end of the line, and a # 8 woolly bugger 18 inches up from the sinker. I use a Palomar knot to attach the fly.Quote:
Originally Posted by yellowjacket
The rig was fished on the bottom of a break in 15 FOW during the soft water season.
I've caught some really nice ones fishing black ants under a small bobber or clear bubble float. If there's any wind blowing, just cast out and let it drift with the wind.
Once you start fly fishing you will be hooked. Tenn. is a great place to fly fish for trout. Fly fishing for bream (pan fish) is very active during the spring all the way till winter. Like some of the other guys said, the pan fish are bug eaters and a floating fly thrown around brush, stumps, docks, and lilly pads is a great way to get you excited. Go on google and type in Fly fishing for pan fish. Give it a try and I promise you will be glad you did.
Chet
I highly recomend getting a flyrod and going after panfish, they love hitting top water and fight great on a flyrod.
The shellcracker and Gill spawn will start in Late March early April around here and I plan on being ready..Fly fishing is so much fun. Chet
You can take a lot of panfish real quick on a fly rod, when the conditions are right. I haven't done that in years now, but back when I did, I preferred light colored trout nymphs so I could see the takes and they didn't sink fast enough to be out of sight between casts. When working a bluegill spawning bed I would work out my line and then roll cast around the bed. After that it was finding feeding and holding areas. Nice thing about a roll cast is that not only can you go over an area pretty quickly, but you also don't need to worry about clear space behind for the back cast. Very often when fishing bluegills and other sunfish there isn't much if any on the shoreline.
There are quite a few guys who do something like that through the ice too, except since then we can fish two hooks, they generally put a tipped jig on the bottom instead of a plain sinker. One can also drop shot live and dough baits. We did just that for carp and catfish last summer with some pretty good results for the carp, less for the cats. I also see it used with live minnows for walleyes, perch and crappies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob/MN
It is a very adaptable technique.
I agree BigMike315. Fly fishing is an art and a great form of fishing.
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I fish with flies all the time for blue gill and use this type of bobber with various leader length's to the fly. The bobber helps alot with spinning rods and casting distance. I tip the fly with a wax worm quite often also. Usually fast action and my kids love it.
X2 and it's so much fun when they're bedding!!Quote:
Originally Posted by BobberStopper