I went into my local fly shop here in the UK and said to them I want to start fishing for perch on a fly rod and you should have seen the look they gave me! I agree with the stigma!
You really need to do more fly fishing videos. I’m currently reading a book titled, CASTING AND MENDING which lays out how fly fishing can heal shattered minds and bodies from war veterans to breast cancer patients. Also, go see the movie, MENDING THE LINE with Brian Cox, and although it’s not even a year old, it will soon be regarded as one of the most important films on healing (and not just fly fishing). Also, I like the fact that your channel doesn’t use all the high end fly fishing gear because it helps dispel the myth that it’s a rich man’s sport, and your channel is showing that’s not the case. 😇
I loved your video. Maybe if you know you are going specifically for bass you put on a 0x leader. I had the same problem as you losing flies and switching leader size helped me not get broken off so much.
That wasn’t a green sunfish, it was a red breast or long eared sunfish. As far as fly fishing for bass, like you, I’m just now getting into it more. Something between a 6 and 8 at feels right to me, big enough to launch those larger/heavier flies. I used to live in Raleigh, so you guys picked a great river to wade and fish for largemouth. Wading is easier than in a kayak or canoe, unless you have a good anchor setup and are willing to put in the effort to get to the right spot. I can tell you that, in general, fly fishing rivers for bass is tougher than fly fishing rivers for trout. It just seems so much more efficient to use conventional gear for me, especially with search baits. I’ve been to several of the places you guys have filmed. Really like your content. Great editing and appropriate length.
Thanks Jeff! Tough to tell red breast from green sunfish sometimes, but that part of that river is mostly green sunfish. That 2nd sunfish caught was a greenie. But yea we’re definitely trying to learn more about the fly game and get a little more serious about it. Probably going to upgrade the tackle soon to start targeting bigger bass.
This was well past the typical spawn window around here so I think these were super late spawners, the fry we did see was very mature, I don’t think any harm in taking these guys off the bed
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I believe that first fly you were using is called a "Moto Minnow".
I'm totally down with fly-fishing for large mouth, just caught a 4lb, in the pads with a foam frog, 8wt, fwd taper, 12 lb leader and no tippet, 8ft rod
Nice, dooods! I dig it...as a transplanted saltwater angler / New Englander in the south, I've really enjoyed flyfishing for bass...trophies don't matter...the experience does! Catching bass & panfish on the fly is a real blast, & very meditative. Cheers!
The go-to starter fly for bass has got to be a wooly bugger. If you wanna go big though, we recommend streamers of all sizes. We filmed a video recently on some of our favorite flies for bass fishing.
At 7:23 what you caught was not a green sunfish, but actually a redbreast sunfish. Many people mistake them for the longear sunfish because of the long gill flaps (operculum) that they have.
Dude, Largemouth have been a very common species on the fly since for ever, man. If you keep doing fly videos, then you'll have earned my viewership. I'm a huge fly guy and I'd love to watch you guys learn more.
@@SlabDynasty looking forward to it! I own a video production company and I must say, you guys have a pretty good production value brewing. Keep at it.
Not sure on the taper tbh, the line in this vid came with the reel I bought and never bothered to ask what type of line. It’s a 7wt floating line, that’s all I know. Still learning the nuances of tapers, but from what I understand for throwing streamers or other heavier flies, you want a weight forward line with a shorter head length. And unless your fishing deeper than 6ft or fishing very fast water, floating line is fine. Some guys use intermediate (sink tip) to get flies down deeper, just depends on your water and the fish. And the tapers can get complicated, but condensing the taper into a shorter head length and faster taper usually means more energy transfers to the tip of the line and it’s able to “snap” the leader and roll over those bigger flies, kind of like how a whip works. Keep your leaders short in water less than 5-6ft. 4-5ft total with like 20lb flouro stepping down to a 15lb tippet.
Finally getting around to catching up on y’alls videos… I’m speechless y’all. Y’alls filming and editing keeps getting better and better. Love it y’all, keep it up!!!
Love the video, I was just wondering if you were on the French Broad in North Carolina. And if you weren't I would love to see you guys do a video of it.
I 100% fly fish for bass and love it. Typically, I catch more fish and do better on average 4lb and less fish then my conventional fishing guests. I don't hook into many over 4. That may be due to my fly size choices. By that I mean, they may catch far fewer fish but they tend to get more hookups with 4+ lb fish. The biggest few I have caught were 8lbs on smaller poppers not the large streamers I fish a lot of the time.
Definitely do more fly videos, and species, its so much fun. 5wt is ok, I understand the start where you talked about a disconnect from bass fishing and fly fishing, its mainly because Bass fishing is such a competition sport here. I grew up in Scotland fishing for brown trout, rainbow trout, sea trout so I am used to light tackle, usually 6wt, its good for up to 3-5lbs fish, need to know when to put a fish on the reel its important, the bigger fish need wearing out. But Bass are a game fish, big fighting and voracious, they are a perfect target for fly fishermen here and they are so much more abundant across the country than trout. Trout don't like warm water much.
Love the fly content and how much you enjoy it! I mostly fly fish myself but it feels like most of the fly anglers on RU-vid are trying to teach me something not just out there enjoying it, love to see you get amped up by a catch.
These fish were very late post spawn with no visible fry around, probably just males hanging around the bedding area still recovering. No harm in catching those
Bluegills are extremely aggressive. When I was in college, I had 2 Oscars and was at the fish store buying feeders. This kid walks in the store asks the salesperson if they had anything ultra aggressive. The salesman showed him piranhas, sundevils, all kind of cichlids, the kid kept telling him he had already tried them all and not just one or two, but upwards to 5 piranhas and sundevils in the tank with his… Bluegill! 😂 His Bluegill was caught as a small minnow size and it literally killed everything in the tank. One bluegill vs. piranhas and sundevils, it annihilated those fish within days. It was relentless and kept bashing them into everything and using its mouth to descale them. He even tried buying a couple full size piranhas that were clearly bigger than the Bluegill, but it just didn’t matter, the bluegill refused to let them rest and continued to attack them until they were floating lifeless. The salesman was in absolute disbelief but I have seen what a school of bluegill or sunfish can do. They will run off fish much larger than themselves.
I use an 8 WT for bass and pike in MT. Find clouser minnows and cray fish patterns work great for smallies. Probably need to size up the flies a little for the bigger fish. I started on a 5 WT with woolly buggers and that worked well for the smaller ones.
Catching bass on 5X is gonna lose a lot of bass (and flies). The lightest I'll go is 4X and only if I'm targeting smaller bass/bass hanging out with panfish (that are my actual target). Usually you want a setup built around 3x-2x or heavier. The actual tippet is dependent on the size of the fly (hook size/3 or 4, so a fly with a size 16 hook will cast the best* with 5x-4x tippet, but a fly with a size 4-6 hook you want 1x). *It might actually be to your benefit to lean towards heavier than recommended tippet maybe even go up a size or to intentionally. Oversizing your tippet (in addition to providing more strength) will result in heavier splashes, which will alert fish. pan fish and bass aren't as skittish as Trout(although I would still be sneaky).
Grew up 0.1 mile up the road from where you were fishing, spotted it the first drone footage of the bridges haha. I used to fish there with a bamboo stick, some twine, and a paper clip for a hook as a little kid.
Thats so sick man, did the same as a kid. Went fishing with whatever you could, I remember using a stick and some old string down at a local creek when I was younger
Preesh man! Rod is an 8’6” 4 weight, a cabelas brand combo that I got some time ago. Honestly not sure of CJs setup. We need to get more familiar with our stuff for sure. Probably new fly setups coming soon!
Awesome vid man! I fly fish for bass and native brook trout, it’s the best way to fish in my opinion. For bass you want to use a much stronger leader though since they aren’t too spooky and you can easily break off light 5x leaders on the structure they live in.
I enjoy catching a bass on the fly rod but I'm not always successful and my spinning gear ends up saving the day especially in areas that don't permit back casting on the fly. Here in dfw I never see anyone else fly fishing it's not much of a thing around here but between windy days or physical obstacles like trees and the water is too deep and murky to wade and hardware being more efficient, I can see why
Great video! My son in law got me started fly fishing 7 yrs ago now and that is how I fish 98% of the time now. I live in Kentucky now since I retired. So, from March through October and November the streams and rivers that Kentucky has to offer is where I can be found! Many thanks for sharing!
@@SlabDynasty , Yes, I mainly fish for smallmouth. I live very near Elkhorn Creek near Frankfort, KY. It’s a fantastic wading/kayaking creek that’s full of smallmouth and rock bass. I also fish the Green River, Benson Creek, Cumberland River and several others. The Spring white bass run isn’t far off for the Salt River as well.
@@SlabDynasty the long earflap and blue on the cheek/red tail would indicate a redbreast. Greenies will have a darker body color and pronounced larger mouth.
Oops, you are right sir! 😅 had to do a little research but those are in fact redbreast in that river. I’ve been convinced (and told by “experts”) that they were greenies for a long time