Bass flies pattern

Jack Harford is the contributor for this week’s Fly Tying Friday Post. Jack has written for the blog in the past and his posts are always welcome! In this post-Jack has a fly that will help you even the odds when fishing for warm water fish.

Clouser Minnow Pattern Description: The Clouser Minnow was invented by Bob Clouser as a smallmouth bass pattern. It imitates a baitfish as well as any pattern ever conceived and has taken more types of fish than any other pattern I know of. I use Clousers for bonefish, bass, pike, trout and anything else that eats

To become a better smallmouth angler, start thinking about your flies not as general foodstuffs, but as presentation technologies: Each design allows you to cover water at different depths and speeds, and with different actions and profiles. Below is a list of five different flies that run the gamut in terms of presentation possibilities. A handful of each in a few colors and sizes will have you well on your way to your best bass season ever.

Every year when spring rolls around, a ritual repeats itself underwater on lakes and ponds everywhere. Big male bluegills emerge from the depths and enter the shallows. They are fish on a mission, and that mission is to build a nest, attract a mate and defend that nest, and it's young to the bitter

The Clouser Deep Minnow is one of the best bass flies in existence. It imitates a wounded or dazed baitfish, and the weighted eyes lend the fly a jumping and

Severiano Adame Garza on Instagram: "The Duck Feather Minnow? I don’t have a name for this pattern so feel free to take a stab at it. But thanks to @neal.dawson9 for getting me hooked onto the next level of my fly tying obsession: sourcing your own materials. I have been tinkering with these Gadwall feathers for a while and this is the best pattern that I have come up with so far. Does anyone else source their own materials? Materials/Tools: Hook: @ownerhooks Size 1 Mosquito Hook Feathers…

Frank Brassard on Instagram: "Have you checked out Svenja Bossen's @svenja_bossen account yet? Her baitfish patterns are on point. I don't hit the salt very often, but next time I do, I'll have some of them tagging along for sure. #flytying #textremeteam #flyfishing #flyfishingnation #flynation #troutbum #flytyingjunkie #catchandrelease #flytyingaddict #flyfishfood #flyfishinglife #flyfishingbum #troutcandy #troutangler #troutfishing #flytyinglife #browntrout #trout #flyporn #grayling…

a few shiners

Even though it has been almost 45 years to the day, I still remember the first fish I caught on a fly rod.