Fishing Bass Flies
After a weekend a bass fishing, I read this article by Dave Whitlock. It was published by Fly & Field but it looks like their site is offline.
Dave has the Whitlock Straight-line System that he is very militant about.
He gives four basic actions: no retrieve, twitch & pause, strip & pause and panic strip. Unfortunately, he doesn't really say when to use which method. On the weekend, I was using the no retrieve action too much. At least at Jack Lake, the panic strip is recommended.
He writes about striking and hooking and I struggled with that. He recommends reacting quickly to any sense of a strike with a line-hand pull, with your rod tip still low and pointing at the fly. I was using the trout method of pointing the rod to the sky. He stresses keeping the rod below 10 o'clock. He also says that sharp, barbless hooks are better than barbed hooks. You'll lose fish that way.
So there are some good tips that I should have read last week.
Dave has the Whitlock Straight-line System that he is very militant about.
He gives four basic actions: no retrieve, twitch & pause, strip & pause and panic strip. Unfortunately, he doesn't really say when to use which method. On the weekend, I was using the no retrieve action too much. At least at Jack Lake, the panic strip is recommended.
He writes about striking and hooking and I struggled with that. He recommends reacting quickly to any sense of a strike with a line-hand pull, with your rod tip still low and pointing at the fly. I was using the trout method of pointing the rod to the sky. He stresses keeping the rod below 10 o'clock. He also says that sharp, barbless hooks are better than barbed hooks. You'll lose fish that way.
So there are some good tips that I should have read last week.
posted by John Matthew IV | 5:04 PM
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