The Clouser's Crayfish pattern is a great one, I used to use it all the time
back on a smallmouth river in the midwest. It has lead on the rump (at the
eye) and a cork at the bend so it scoots around backwards like a real
crayfish. In shallow water I used just a long leader and got it down, if
the water is deeper you'll need a sink tip or full sink line and a shorter
leader.
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Hahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 2:47 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: smallmouth
Thanks Bruce,
Would you then fish the fly real slow on the bottom? Probably a sinking
line? I'll definitely give it a shot next week.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce McNicholas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 1:22 PM
Subject: RE: smallmouth
> Dan:
>
> I would try a crawfish or salamandar pattern in other words a large black
> woolly bugger without the copper wire and a little more marabou. What the
> bass are doing are stacking out there terratories and/or protecting there
> beds. Whats happens is that the bass think the salamander or crawfish are
> eating the eggs and defend there bed.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Hahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 11:03 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: smallmouth
>
>
> If you haven't had your license checked you are probably not fishing in a
> police parking lot! I was throwing spinners (the horror) out of the
police
> parking lot on lake Union and got my license checked right when the bass
> were grabbin'. Does anyone have any tried and true patterns for smallies
in
> a prespawn mode? I was going to tie up some clousers with some extra
flash
> and see if that would entice a strike. The fish aren't feeding, just
> attacking. Any other fly ideas would be appreciated.
> Dan
>
>
