Snooty Bass

If you think a Trout can be finicky and Bass eat anything, anytime- you are in for a surprise. Being in the beginning stages of my assault on Bass with a fly rod I am finding that Bass, Largemouth in particular, are as willing to flip you off as the most persnickety Trout.

The morning began in the reeds, flushing birds out and probably most of the fish.

I watched this fellow for awhile and he had about as much luck as we did so I was not feeling to bad till we moved to some shelves near the shore that dropped into deeper water. Here we watched some Largemouth of the tanker size totally snub everything we had. While the notion crossed my mind to return to the truck for depth charges we decided to move on to another lake to try for some Smallmouths.

The Smallmouths were, well- small. But they were willing and we caught several, a little salve for our wounded egos after being shunned by Largemouths that would have ate them for breakfast. The bug I used was Rickards Seal Bugger. I added weight to mine, a little lead wire and a bead. I also caught a couple on a BWO parachute on top.

My personal opinion is that Smallmouth Bass have a lot more scrap to them than any Largemouths that I have tied into so far and they are as fun any day as trout. Damn bucket mouths anyway.