Kreelex flies are easy to tie and work great for lots of species. Mop is easy and downright deadly on cold and warm water fish.
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Basic fly tying patterns for bass and panfish.
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Lots of good flies for bass, but if I had to pick 1 fly for bass it would be either a conehead woolley bugger (olive or black in size 2, 4 or 6 for bass) or a Clouser minnow (shad or bluegill color in size 4 up to 2/0). Good baitfish imitations will never go wrong. A VERY close 2nd pick would be a frog fly. The only reason I'd pick a weighted streamer over a topwater frog is that the sub-surface flies will work all day long. Top water works best early and late - especially in the summer when the sun is hot and high in the sky.
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Clousers and boogers in olive, white and black with a touch of flash will catch almost any bass or panfish. I tie a ton of super small poppers for bluegills, but they’re now my go to for bass. I’ve noticed smaller is better for bass and panfish on the fly, at least where I’m at. You might try a San Jaun worm in a few different variations for a while, probably the waisted fly to tie and will catch bluegills all day!
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I've been a tyer all my life. Many of my flies have been in books and magazines. I try to do everything perfect. One time at a festival a fellow walked up to me and asked if I'd look at his flies. He opened his fly box and and revealed a bunch of truly ugly flies. I looked at him and said" I wish I could tie flies like that" and I was being serious. Fish those ugly flies. They catch fish.
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I have a good friend who fishes the rivers a bunch and he ties some long wooley buggars that are pretty deadly. They are weighted and tied on longer shanked and larger hooks than I am use to seeing for wooley buggars. And he uses longer hackle than I am use to seeing on wooley buggars so they are real buggy looking flies. When I first saw them I thought ok, yeah, that's not what a wooley buggar is supposed to look like. But they catch fish like crazy. He ties more in whites, tans and other colors than the traditional black and olive that you see so much. We used them for guadalupe bass and they ate them well as well as some largemouth here and there.
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Originally posted by Kossetx View PostI've been a tyer all my life. Many of my flies have been in books and magazines. I try to do everything perfect. One time at a festival a fellow walked up to me and asked if I'd look at his flies. He opened his fly box and and revealed a bunch of truly ugly flies. I looked at him and said" I wish I could tie flies like that" and I was being serious. Fish those ugly flies. They catch fish.
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Originally posted by hooligan View PostNot to hijack from the OP but I’d love to see some of your stuff. I used to try and be perfect but always ended up tying “sell quality” and “guide fly” quality, never magazine quality
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