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flys for sunfish, cappies and bass

Uploaded on March 24, 2009

anyone have a good pattern (tie yourself or buy) for sunfish, Crappie or bass

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 2 years 46 weeks ago

Woolly worms, foam spiders, hares ear nymphs, and pretty much any other trout fly can be used for 'gills.
for bass, poppers and clowser minnows and a worm fly called a Gully worm.
Crappie, anything that immatates a minnow seems to work, clowser minnows, woolly buggers ect.

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from mutt wrote 2 years 46 weeks ago

thank you

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from jmcctheboss23 wrote 2 years 46 weeks ago

alex pernice you spelled clouser wrong but on another point i like fam poppers for gills and clouser minnows for crappie

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

My bad... But you didn't capitalize my name, or the letter "I" and you misspelled "Farm" and no period at the end of you're sentence.
But who is complaining? (Don't try to teach someone something you don't do well bud.) (Sorry about the Ragging back to the subject.)

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from bassgittinart@b... wrote 2 years 42 weeks ago

Only here can you get a well rounded education!

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 2 years 42 weeks ago

LOL!

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from troutmad wrote 2 years 41 weeks ago

You could tie a cigarette butt to a hook, then on your line, and cast it out. Let it sit for a couple of seconds, twitch it a couple of times....And you got yourself sunfish!

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from nick mast wrote 2 years 27 weeks ago

i like to use woolly worm or just a plain red and white dry fly

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from flyguy wrote 2 years 26 weeks ago

3 layered foam sandwich hopper with silly legs in sizes 10 and 12 will slay the 'gills and sunnies all day long and into the evening. Brown and olive is my go-to color, but red and yellow have also performed well. I also drop a small wooley bugger (usually hot and flashy, e.g. cactus ice olive, pearl, or chartreuse) a couple feet under the hopper to cover the water column in and give offering options. It’s especially handy for enticing bass, which often prefer the chase over the ‘gills, who prefer to come from behind, investigate and then strike a near non-moving fly. Keep the butts and tails short to avoid short strikes and niblers. Great fun on a 4 weight!

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from Nic Meador wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

foam grasshopper, and possibly black beetles. still experimenting.

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from adodger69 wrote 2 years 10 weeks ago

Down here in alabama I tye a pink producer
it works very well for my friends and I.
Take a #12 or #14 hook,put on a brass beadhead then tye on some thin pink chinele, wrap it forward to the beedhead, tye on two black saddle hackles and wrap right behind the bead forming a collar,whip finish and your done.
The #12 catches more bluegill but the #14 seems to catch bigger gills, I havent figured that one out yet!
Sometimes bass will hit it too.
Roger

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from flytier1010 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I tie my own flies. For the bass in alabama, i tie a deer hair bass bugg.

use any size bass bugg hook. tie on any color of bucktail to form the tail. then spin and compress a bunch of deer hair to the hook eye. build a thread head, whip finish and cut the deer hair into a cupped popper head. done

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from buckslayer911 wrote 2 years 5 weeks ago

wooly worm for sure

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from Flytieflyfish wrote 1 year 10 weeks ago

Deer hair poppers and divers in size 2 for bass. Size 10 or 12 streamers and size 14 and smaller nymphs for crappie and sunfish.

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from Sayfu wrote 1 year 9 weeks ago

I think if I was going to fish for crappie, I'd throw a small, standard jig found in the spinning/hardware dept. You could throw a 1/16th oz. or a 1/32 oz. I know my big, black leach pattern works for smallies. A white one should be dyno-mite in the cold water months. And for poppers I use the industrial window backing tube foam found in the building supply stores..think they call it "Rod backing" Comes in grey, and white. I buy the white as it now will take color if I want to die them. I tie them as a tube fly tying what skirt I want onto the tube..makes for a big popper that is light wt.,no need for a big hook, just a stinger hook stuck up in the end of the tube, and you can throw them easy on a flyrod. Put eyes on the foam if you want..awesome looking in the water. I'll probably go to bed tonite seeing one "popping" across the surface.

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 2 years 46 weeks ago

Woolly worms, foam spiders, hares ear nymphs, and pretty much any other trout fly can be used for 'gills.
for bass, poppers and clowser minnows and a worm fly called a Gully worm.
Crappie, anything that immatates a minnow seems to work, clowser minnows, woolly buggers ect.

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

My bad... But you didn't capitalize my name, or the letter "I" and you misspelled "Farm" and no period at the end of you're sentence.
But who is complaining? (Don't try to teach someone something you don't do well bud.) (Sorry about the Ragging back to the subject.)

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from mutt wrote 2 years 46 weeks ago

thank you

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from adodger69 wrote 2 years 10 weeks ago

Down here in alabama I tye a pink producer
it works very well for my friends and I.
Take a #12 or #14 hook,put on a brass beadhead then tye on some thin pink chinele, wrap it forward to the beedhead, tye on two black saddle hackles and wrap right behind the bead forming a collar,whip finish and your done.
The #12 catches more bluegill but the #14 seems to catch bigger gills, I havent figured that one out yet!
Sometimes bass will hit it too.
Roger

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from flytier1010 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I tie my own flies. For the bass in alabama, i tie a deer hair bass bugg.

use any size bass bugg hook. tie on any color of bucktail to form the tail. then spin and compress a bunch of deer hair to the hook eye. build a thread head, whip finish and cut the deer hair into a cupped popper head. done

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from buckslayer911 wrote 2 years 5 weeks ago

wooly worm for sure

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from flyguy wrote 2 years 26 weeks ago

3 layered foam sandwich hopper with silly legs in sizes 10 and 12 will slay the 'gills and sunnies all day long and into the evening. Brown and olive is my go-to color, but red and yellow have also performed well. I also drop a small wooley bugger (usually hot and flashy, e.g. cactus ice olive, pearl, or chartreuse) a couple feet under the hopper to cover the water column in and give offering options. It’s especially handy for enticing bass, which often prefer the chase over the ‘gills, who prefer to come from behind, investigate and then strike a near non-moving fly. Keep the butts and tails short to avoid short strikes and niblers. Great fun on a 4 weight!

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from Nic Meador wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

foam grasshopper, and possibly black beetles. still experimenting.

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from bassgittinart@b... wrote 2 years 42 weeks ago

Only here can you get a well rounded education!

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 2 years 42 weeks ago

LOL!

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from troutmad wrote 2 years 41 weeks ago

You could tie a cigarette butt to a hook, then on your line, and cast it out. Let it sit for a couple of seconds, twitch it a couple of times....And you got yourself sunfish!

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from nick mast wrote 2 years 27 weeks ago

i like to use woolly worm or just a plain red and white dry fly

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from Flytieflyfish wrote 1 year 10 weeks ago

Deer hair poppers and divers in size 2 for bass. Size 10 or 12 streamers and size 14 and smaller nymphs for crappie and sunfish.

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from Sayfu wrote 1 year 9 weeks ago

I think if I was going to fish for crappie, I'd throw a small, standard jig found in the spinning/hardware dept. You could throw a 1/16th oz. or a 1/32 oz. I know my big, black leach pattern works for smallies. A white one should be dyno-mite in the cold water months. And for poppers I use the industrial window backing tube foam found in the building supply stores..think they call it "Rod backing" Comes in grey, and white. I buy the white as it now will take color if I want to die them. I tie them as a tube fly tying what skirt I want onto the tube..makes for a big popper that is light wt.,no need for a big hook, just a stinger hook stuck up in the end of the tube, and you can throw them easy on a flyrod. Put eyes on the foam if you want..awesome looking in the water. I'll probably go to bed tonite seeing one "popping" across the surface.

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from jmcctheboss23 wrote 2 years 46 weeks ago

alex pernice you spelled clouser wrong but on another point i like fam poppers for gills and clouser minnows for crappie

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