Big ol' Bass
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Dr. Magill
Life of the Party
Nice looking fly
I've got a question for you bassers. Does a bigger popper get bigger bass?
For the last week I've been fishing @Brute 's Chub, a smallish surface fly:
It's been constantly getting me little half pound LM bass both stripped in and trolled.
This evening I tied on a bigger popper and first cast caught a bigger bass, maybe two pounds. The a couple more a about 1.5lbs.
My bigger popper is much smaller than @Billy 's above. Do the bigger bass only move for bigger flies? The popper makes much more commotion in that water than the Chub, maybe that was the difference more than the fly size.
It's just strange to me that my small fly only caught small bass, when the bigger bass were right there all along. It's not that way with trout!
Thoughts?
For the last week I've been fishing @Brute 's Chub, a smallish surface fly:
It's been constantly getting me little half pound LM bass both stripped in and trolled.
This evening I tied on a bigger popper and first cast caught a bigger bass, maybe two pounds. The a couple more a about 1.5lbs.
My bigger popper is much smaller than @Billy 's above. Do the bigger bass only move for bigger flies? The popper makes much more commotion in that water than the Chub, maybe that was the difference more than the fly size.
It's just strange to me that my small fly only caught small bass, when the bigger bass were right there all along. It's not that way with trout!
Thoughts?
Pink Nighty
Legend
You know what's funny is if I see a big cruiser like during the spawn I'm sight fishing a small leech to it....
In regards to topwater sometimes the bass want loud and fast and sometimes they want slow and intermediate. I throw big, even my smallest stuff is considered huge for the market.
Other people may have good success with smaller stuff. This is what works for me.
downriver79
Steelhead
I have zero experience fly fishing for bass, but as someone who grew up fishing for bass on Lake Fork in TX I can say that big bass definitely prefer bigger lures. I would love to get into some bass on poppers. Looks like a real good time!
