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| "Bass Adery" by Travis Valadez |
One hundred and one defrackin-grees. Feels like 110. That's what you can expect in Texas for the rest of the month, and if you want to catch the lunkers, you have to realize a few things. The following is a reminder for you, as well as myself, because often we fail to recognize many important signs whilst slinging flies for bass. I formulated these in my head as we were fishing at a friends property in La Grange today.
1. Skip midday fishing. In my opinion its not worth it unless you have a mister fan and an umbrella with a koala hanging underneath to tell you jokes. And even then you're still risking a heat stroke.
2. Black rabbit fur looks like food to bass. So pick up some black zonker streamers, preferably cone head or bead head to get down a little bit into some cooler waters where the fish are more active.
3. Slow it down. fish are looking for an easy prey that they don't have to work for, a Mach 3 retrieve with that bait fish pattern an inch below the surface will wind you up with less takes in my experience. So give them a hand out, not a chore.
4. Weed lines are key. Bass will use the weed bed for cover from which to ambush stuff. Make it be your fly by casting parallel to the line and working it back.
5. When the temperature breaks in the evening, the fish loosen up and seem a bit less strained. This is when they are far more apt to feed on the surface. So this is a great time to sling a foam popper or a deer hair mouse-the pattern that fooled the bass pictured above.
Also, realize bass on the fly es preety fun. So do it.
-alexander
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