Fly fishing For Bass
For the fly fishers, Bass is the most common to come across in both standing and moving waters.
fly fishing for bass
It is said, ‘if you have never come across a Bass, you are not fishing much’.
The small mouth Bass are inhabitants of deep water and generally move to shallow water in the evenings. The Bass always remains under cover and swiftly comes out of it’s hiding to seize food. It is better to approach the Bass while feeding on the surface, especially the smaller ones.
For a large Bass one needs to be patience incarnate. Because of the size of the fish, one needs a lot of strength with a short leader of not more than four to six feet and heavy tippets of at least eight pounds. While waiting for a large Bass, one needs to wait endlessly with virtually no movement and casting a fly into pockets and letting it sit. The suspense of the fly looks like suspended food to the big Bass. Once the Bass catches hold, it is essential that the retrieval must be fast, since the big fish would always head towards its shelter. With the frantic movements of the Bass it is better to lean back and raise the rod tip. Stripping in line with the line hand is also essential. In any case, the fish’s head must be turned as soon as possible to prevent it from finding its shelter. If one is sure about the sharpness of the hook, then it is better to penetrate the hook deep into the jaws of the fish in the process of retrieval. Once the fish is under control, it needs to be guided to open water, away from its shelter.
Thus it requires specific skills to get hold of a Bass, without which, there might be hundreds in the water, but none in one’s basket.
