I'm STILL enjoying trying to find some good & easy shad/baitfish-imitating fly patterns I can use for White Bass & Wipers.
Here's some stuff I've tied in the past week or so:
In the photo below, the top fly is a Silver Baitfish, and the bottom fly is a Bowen's Baitfish.
And in the photo below....the the top fly is very similar to a number of craft fur baitfish flies, but not exactly like any of them...so I can't give an exact name for it. The head was created by putting the craft fur in a dubbing loop, however. The middle fly is my attempt at Casey Smartt's Glass Minnow. And the bottom fly is also not named. Congo Hair tail, craft fur body/head covered with a few wraps of Wapsi Palmer Chenille.
Overall lengths of these are generally 2.5" - 3". I hope the fish love 'em! :)
Hello, Dave. Thanks for sharing your pattern thought with us. Surely, something in that selection should do the job. Let us know how the battle turns out!
ReplyDeleteI think the first, the silver baitfish is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteNice creations. I like the 1st also but that's probably not a good thing...I have terrible fish sense. Interested to hear how they do.
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