Good white bass flies

Does anyone know any good white bass flies

I'm on my iPhone so queries are kinda tough. But Budd posted one that was just bead chain eyes, chartreuse thread body holding on a Krystal Flash. Super simple and Budd swears by it.

Someone else will remember the name or find a link to the thread.

oh yeah, its a killer!! we call it the andy moreau special. simple, works, lasts forever, and never sinks to the bottom. put it on a floating line, throw upstream at at 45 degree angle, let if float it in the current, and watch your line. the second it quits drifting down stream, lift up and fesh on!! put two on and its twice as nice!! time is getting near!!

Nice flies Bass Bug

#1: Rabbit hair zonker tied in a keel configuration.

#2: Black Zonker tied in a keel configuration.

#3: White Zonker, tied on a keel configuration.

#4: Wooly Bugger will catch anything (not every day, though)

how 'bout on Tuesday ?

Tuesdays are good, but not the third Tuesday of months without an "R" in them.

Thanks guys keep on posting some pics Imulse, can you post a ; some picture of that fly

where can i buy that just the book i was looking for

check your shoe, I think you got toilet paper stuck on the bottom.

This one

here is a white bass flie I made today

that ought to catch some fish.

size 10 or 12

thank you Budd!

yay i call it the flashy clouser good and simple thats the way its should be

"We" call it the Moreau fly because Andy, who guides on the Brazos and the Nolan rivers, showed it to Les Jackson, who in turn showed it to his friends. This is just about the only fly I use on these rivers, which I have been fishing since 1989. There is an abundance of shad in Lake Whitney, and when whites are in the lake they obviously key on them. Once they move up the rivers, the primary food source is the small, almost transparent minnows about an inch and a half long. When they have been in the river long enough, they key on these little guys.....hence the size 10/12 hooks. Actually, they will hit a small nickle plated hook with two strands of crystal flash....but who wants to tie such a boring fly. The bigger flies will catch fish.....just about anything will when the fish are all wadded up and biting. But when things slow down these small flies will continue to catch fish, particularly if you let them hang down stream near the bottom for extended periods of time. Just let it soak until you get a tug. Hell, you can catch a truck load of the damn things just hanging one of these flies under a bobber on a Donald Duck spin cast rod.

Budd dated himself with the Donald Duck rod comment!
BUT, he is correct on the use of the Moreau fly.
Budd introduced several of us to it last spring and it worked GREAT!!!

Sparse really is confusing when it comes to fly tying. It never looks quite right to the tyer but the fish see it differently. Clousers are another good example of sparse is better.

Don't make fun my Donald Duck rod! I'll bop ya with my Sky King lunchbox.

oh okay thats what its called then sorry for the wrong name

My experience has been that white bass are notorious short strikers, so I trim the tails on my Clousers or tie similar flies with almost no tail, more like a Crazy Charlie. They'll also take chartreuse sliders with dumbbell eyes to get them deep.

LOL...we are out of sync......I am talking about the little jig fly.....

oh well i tought you were talking about the clouser so it is stil called the flashy clouser

There ya go.....

As the run goes on, you might transition to something a little smaller. Les Jackson ties some mini clousers that work really well.

Ya that was the only hook size I had it was
mustad 3366in size two I is more a largemouth
bass fly but I thought it would work for white

What Mick said!!! Charlies have been the ticket for me this year...much better than micro clousers. On about a 10 or 12 hook is all you need. Cast at a 45, watch the end of your line. If it pauses, raise up. Fish on.

thanks

Nice to see that some areas are getting enough rain to get the white bass moving. It is going to be a long time before Lake Somerville has its run. I am guessing that unless the rains come soon, we may be just like several years ago when the run didn't happen until the end of April!

The Moreau fly has a pretty strange color combination, but if the fish like them, who cares?

You can make them any color you like....Actually, a couple strands of crystal flash on a silver hook works as well and anything...

Catching Sand bass is not brain surgery.

Would a simple white tread body with bead chain eyes and a chartruse flash tale work

Yes, sometimes.

caddokid and i caught a bunch of yellow bass and crappie up at Caddo on the little size 10 moreau fly that Budd described-p-

If the fish are keying on small minnows...yes. Make sure you coat the thread body with something to keep it from being chewed off. Sally's works about as well as anything.

These are red tying thread coated with superglue....

you are right on Budd; all my little flies came undone after 10-12 fish; gotta put some sallys on them next time-p-

All these work and are very simple to tie...

So where can you purchase this fly "Moreau fly". I fly fish the Nolan ever sand bass season and would enjoy trying a new fly. Thank You

I don't think anyone sells 'em. PM me and i'll get you set up

Moreau fly...I have never used one. Sounds good. Can someone post a recipe of it on here?

Kelly

Here's the image


http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/5903053/2

Robin,
I killed the white bass at Colorado Bend last year on some white blondies that you had tied.

I will have to get you to tie me some more.

aha gracious

De nada.

My eyesight is much worse. It is hard to make it all out.

clouser with pink thread works great

Ben tying these up for the run

Oh, that is a very nice fly!!

Beautiful work. Brings back good memories.