Flies

Flies and Fly Tying Techniques

Flies for fly fishing bass

There will be days when the bass will hit everything and nothing. The key is experimentation. Keep changing patterns and probing different levels of the water column and you will connect. Remember conditions can change drastically in short order, throughout the day. Check here for information on basic fly tying techniques and tips.

Smallmouth Fly Selection
Every smallmouth fisherman should consider stocking these flies in their fly box. You can easily get by with one fly box full of a variety of flies. Your choices can be straight forward. In any given situation you should have flies from the following categories:

• Surface Poppers
• Surface to subsurface sliders or divers
• Hackle and full-bodied streamers
• Sleek-bodied streamers
• Nymphs
• Weighted Deep Barbell Head Flies – like the Clouser

Tying Specific Smallmouth Flies

Selected Seasonal Patterns