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DonnieNovember 8th, 2011, 11:00 am
Posts: 1just want to say im learning to fly fish have done it for years but just for bream but now i want to do it about 3 days a week.I fish 6 days a week im somewhat disable since 1995 At one time i had a fly that looked like a big black ant an i caught alot of red breast but lost it years ago an cant find another like it.I guess what im asking is if you can give me some tips on good flies it would be great i want to get into this alot more we have no trout where i live but i fish for bream,crappie,bass,red fin pike,jack.Cant aford alot at one time but if its not to high an you can put together some good flies for these fish let me know.Thanks for your time. donniep334@gmail.com
EntomanNovember 8th, 2011, 11:36 am
Northern CA & ID

Posts: 2604		Hi Donnie,

Welcome to the forum!

...you can put together some good flies for these fish let me know...

Well for starters, let's get that special ant fly replaced as best we can. Can you describe it? Wet fly or dry, size, regular or long shank hook (two times the length of the hook gap or longer) Hackle color (if any) & where it was wound, body material (fur, foam rubber, etc), 3 segmented or two? Rubber legs (or not), wings (or not); was it bulkier than a real ant or about the same, etc.

As to other flies, their are a few friends on the forum with lots of sunfish & bass experience that will be sharing info with you soon, I'm sure.

Happy angling!


"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman

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