A friend of mine tied those for me for dark green or stained water it was basically a very small olive bugger on a bright coral colored head for visibility with a vertical eyelet. I should have retied after that bass. I hooked into another really good fish that broke me off shortly after that but switched over to old reliable with a chartreuse and white clouser the biggest Crappie came off of that. I really caught a ton of big Crappie last year on pink and white clousers.

Also froghunter yes it is an art. I had 8lb invisix wasn't woried about the breaking of the line near as much as how to steer the fish properly around obsticals. as well as get the most power out of the rod with the angle I used as to not exhaust it and get in quickly for release. When lucky enough to hook into a big fish on a little rod you really have to hold the rod at a 45� angle away to get the most power out of it Not only does it help yourself landing it but it helps the fish in recovery. I like the three on jig flys for the feel as its a 1/64 oz head and very light and hard to feel on heavier rods. I want to build my next one with a thru the blank grip like good bass rods. I think a finger on the blank of the rod would transfer a slight tap of a bass sucking in a fly even on a heavier rod. With the thickness and softness to fly line it's so hard to detect subtle strikes on heavier rods most of the time it's a strip set you're stripping the fly and then you set the hook. For big bass and big flies I would like a little advanced warning so I couldn't really give a hard rip of the rod along with that strip set when I know a Fish is there. But proved a fey times now not need big flys for big bass lol problem is I like Big flies and big bass so I'm going to try to see if I can make an improvement.

Awesome post!

Lmbo Capt funniest thing was is I almost stepped off in the hole in the background with the drill and hammer I was trying to repair on the dock when I was taking a break from work. Almost fell in trying to jump off of there when I realized it was a bass and not a catfish.

and thanks linecaster yea that was wild looked just like a trout sipping spinners it knew they were dead and just took its time they must have been good lol. It didn't even flinch with the headlight on it to get a pic. After we quit looking over and went back to fishing you could hear it feeding in the still night air. Charleif1 water snakes of any kind creep me out too and normally would get the same. this one though got a pass on its ability to show me something new in nature lol. I have changed in the fact rattlers unless I'm going to eat it now get a pass,but copperheads on the other hand don't eat rats,mice,other snakes,or give warning die lol.

Great bass Robert. I hope to get one half that size.

On the snake, this summer I was casting a #12 Woolly Bugger and hooked a small green sunfish just as I was getting ready to backcast. The fish came flying out of the water and landed in some weeds in front of me. When I pulled it up I thought I had wrapped around a stick but it turned out to be a 2 foot water snake. It wrapped its tail around a bush. In the tussle that ensued the fish came loose and the snake got hooked. Finally the leader snapped and the snake slithered off with my bugger.

I picked the greenie up and put it back in the water and it swam off so I don't think it was a cottonmouth.

I was fishing with a 9 ft fly rod so I was pretty brave. I wouldn't have been with a shorter rod.

Lucky greenie there! Thanks I would take bass half that size any time. Fished tournaments for bass for some time. Lot of lakes I would love to have one half of that to cull the last fish.