I've fished for crappie most of my life. When I was a kid, my Dad and I
used long cane poles with a braided casting rod line, crappie hook and
live minnows. We caught a lot of crappie that way. Later, I converted
to a "Pack Pole", a telescoping fiberglass pole invented by local
crappie guru, Charlie Pack. This pole has guides positioned along it's
adjustable length, out to ten feet. Also has a small crappie reel.
Again, the lure is usually minnows that we buy at the local marina or
catch with a cast net. Some use tiny crappie jigs, red and white,
yellow and white, or all white.
However, I've never fished for crappie with a fly rod, so I'm expecting
to learn a thing or two from our VFB crappie professors, most notably,
Rick Zieger. Tell me about it, guys, from A to Z. With prime crappie
time just around the corner on Lake Waco, which is a great crappie lake,
I'm planning on using my bass boat to take me to the crappie holes. Out
of all the points on Lake Waco, probably 90 % of them have brush piles,
made from old christmas trees, etc. I know this for I helped place some
of them.
I used to make fun of all the crappie that Rick catches. Thought he was
surely pulling my leg when he'd post a crappie report that he'd caught
50 or so during his lunch hour in the pond behind his office. But after
watching a buddy of mine do the same, I'm a believer.
I'm serious about learning the nuances of flshing for crappie with a fly
rod.
Thanks in advance for the great answers I know I'll get.
JIMMY D
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JIMMY D. MOORE [EMAIL PROTECTED]
North Zone Fishing Editor - Texas Fish & Game Mag,
Author - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club,
Humorist, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited,
Member TOWA, Retired Scout Exec. BSA.
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