Fly Fishing for bass how serious are you about it?

rob allen · Post by **rob allen** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:31 pm

How serious are you about bass fly fishing??? how serious is fly fishing being taken by tournament anglers? what do you think is lacking in terms of equipment that is available to serious bass fly fishers rods in particular???

just trying to gauge where this sport if going anyone have thoughts on the matter???

DeltaBassBuster · Post by **DeltaBassBuster** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 2:57 am

Does this pic show how seriuos I am? I was given this 10 wt. fly rod when I was overseas in South Korea and I helped to establish one of the first official Korean/American Fly Fishing Clubs (the green and white patch). I know a 10 wt. rod is considered overkill, but I wanted a rod for stripers and largemouth bass, and also be able to cast the bigger bulkier flies if needed. If I ever get a chance some day to go out with a guide or fish in a bassin fly tournament for fun that would be great. I've also had the fun of learning to tie my own flies as well. Cya on the water and be safe.

longshot · Post by **longshot** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:37 pm

Absolutely 100% zero desire to bass fish with a fly rod. To each his own good luck but sounds really dumb to me.
You will find me fishing hat creek with my fly rod though so not knocking it but IMHO leave it to the salmonoids.

george · Post by **george** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:39 pm

My brother Gary Azevedo is one of the best fly fisherman on the west coast and has been throwing a fly rod since about 1962 when he was a kid growing up in the biyous of Louisiana. He was catching perch, blue gill and bass back then.

He has lived in central California since 1965 and has developed several methods and presentations for bass that include spending a great amount of his time fishing the delta and its tributaries with articles writen about his antics in Western Flyfishing and a chapter in a book by Seth Norman called "Knight of the Merced" which covered Garys knowledge and years of experience on the Merced river which he has fished I think every fishable inch from Yousimite national park to the San Joaquin river.

I can tell you this, when the bite is close to non existant for me on the delta pitchin, flippin, drop shottin or trying to get a reaction bite which is not happening he will almost always be gitting bit on the fly rod and has landed delta pigs up to 10lbs on his fly rig; Ive seen it first hand..

He has built a line up of several frogs just for fly fishing application as well as bait fish and craw fish patterned baits that all work very well. He also has a full line up of eight foot fly rods built just for tournaments.

As for tournaments he has won several and has cashed checks in many including a 100% at McClure.

I think someone could do well with a fly fishing tournament circuit which could be based around bass, stripers and trout and would probably draw a whold new demographic to the tournanment scene.

Larry Hemphill · Post by **Larry Hemphill** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:19 pm

Interesting post!! I have always wondered why more folks don't fly-fish for bass, especially in the spring when they are shallow. It is far more exciting to see a mean bass explode on a popper than a trout suck in a fly. Just my opinion. The only lake I see a lot of fly-fishing is Rancho Seco. I have guided a few fly-fisherman at Clear Lake. That lake provides the longest fly-fishing periods since it is so shallow in places. Fly-fishers are missing some great action!!

b2customrods · Post by **b2customrods** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:17 am

I took out a young lady for my second guide trip as a licensed guide on the Delta a couple weeks ago. I have to say it looked like a hell of allot of fun catchin bass on a fly rod. She used a couple different baits a top water wood green bait and a slow sinking white feather thing she called a cloud. She had a whole box full of really cool looking baits I think bass would love.

I may have to build me a fly rod and give it a try.