2020-12-07 FLY FISHING REPORT

Fly Tying Club returns, first and third Tuesdays at 6pm.  Because of social distancing, seating is limited.

Tips

Bassass and Specs (Crappie,) are cruising weedlines.   A fast retrieve on baitfish/streamer patterns may create reaction strikes.  A second cast in the same place may be the key.  We suggest Clouser Deep Minnows-White, Sexy Shad, Baby Bluegill and Chartreuse for colors.  Weedless poppers will be productive in grass and lilies.  Use a heavy leader and a fly w/weedguard to prevent getting hung.   Bluegill will be found, hanging around lily pads.  Small foam spider with rubber legs, trailing a beaded pheasant tail or rainbow warrior-only a slow twitch.  Five minutes of extra slow retrieve is normal for this technique. It is easy fishing that will drive Bluegill nuts. 

Forecast              

When the wind settles down, we will find the fish cooperative. It may be some of the most productive fishing of the season, with Crappie (Specs,) Bass, and Bluegill in water that is easily fished with a fly rod.   Pheasant tail nymphs, squirmy worms, and  dragonfly nymphs are perfect for bluegill fishing subsurface. Small foam spiders and dragonfly dries will tempt the bluegill and bass on the surface.  Search for woody structure and canal seawalls to attract fish.  Popper fishing can be very effective on warm afternoons.

Techniques

Best techniques for the week include Technique 1) Fish Clousers deep, cast and count them down (5 to 10 seconds) then use a steady retrieve to generate a reaction strike.  Try counting down 5 sec, then 6 sec, then 7 sec...  Add a Sink Tip or  a new Sink polyleaders to your line, and you can fish deeper and faster.  These tools can double the depth of a clouser.  A Fluorocarbon (Mirage) leaders, this will get the fly down faster than a mono leader. Sink tip lines and full sinking lines take this to a new level, (and are a perfect use for that old rod you never use anymore.)    Technique 2) Popper and divers (with rubber legs,) should be fished on warmer afternoons and sunset.  Low light conditions, and even during the day under shady over hang and around docks.  Will be good. Technique 3)Heavy rain creates flowing water,  Largemouth bass will flip into Ambush mode.  Struggling Baby Bass, Baby Bluegill, and Baby Tilapia, and Golden Shiners are targets. Swing Puglisi style baitfish and wooly buggers in the current.  These places include: canals, culverts, and/or drain pipes.    4)Rubber legged spiders above or Wilson's bully spider below the surface for Bluegill.  Move slow.  They will be next to solid structure like metal sea walls, dock pilings, or knock down cypress.