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Jun 17, 2011 at 4:30 pm #1275589
I live in the Mississippi and most all the fishing I do is for largemouth bass. I got a tenkara rod and need some help chooseing some flys for the largemouth bass that I fish for. Most of the bass come from small ponds and are less then 2 pounds. Does any body know of anything that works well? I would appreciate any advice that you have to offer.
Thanks
DustinJun 17, 2011 at 4:59 pm #1750509Hey Dustin
Any topwater popper will work fine. I have great success on the Shenandoah River with smallmouth bass and panfish::)
Jim
Jun 17, 2011 at 5:35 pm #1750521There's a guy who posts on the Tenkara USA forum who catches peacock bass, and a bunch of Midwest folk there who catch largemouth from farm ponds. Like he said above, about any popping bug will do the trick. I've also caught them on large nymph type flies – think dragonfly nymphs!
Jun 17, 2011 at 5:39 pm #1750523Bass on Tenkara should be a riot!!!
+1 on poppers, and anyone who sells or ties flies should have Woolly Buggers and a variety of Clouser Minnows handy. I'm a big fan of bead headed Wooly Buggers for both LM and SM bass. Big flies catch big bass, and even for the sub-2 pounders I'd stick with size 4 and up…
Good luck,
SteveJun 17, 2011 at 6:46 pm #1750561What size poppers would you use?
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