Jimmy: I have Crappie fished all my life as well. As you probably know, right here at Weiss Lake just a few miles up the road from Me are some of the biggest and most abundant Crappie in the world. I have not fly fished for crappie, but I have thought about putting my favorite Crappie jig of all time, which is a red head, with Chartreuse grub tail with glitter in the tail on a fly rod with a Zebco 33 Mounted on the Fly Rod and cast fishing with those Jigs that way.. Should put up a heck of a fight LOL... I know some Purest will wanna slap me outta the fishing Boo of Life for even saying such a thing as mounting a Zebco 33 on a fly rod, but I think it would work great LOL, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: Jimmy D. Moore To: [email protected] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 8:45 AM Subject: [VFB] Crappie With a Fly Rod 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 -- **************** ><((((((((º> ************** 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. ***************** <º))))))))>< ************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.2/1184 - Release Date: 12/14/2007 11:29 AM
