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Winter bass fishing with boobies and a Di 7

Once again the awesome combination of the Di 7 fast sinking fly line and boobie flies has been producing mid winter bass for me. I normally use two #4 boobies on at once (like I would for trout) and have found that orange has been deadly once again. I cast out, wait for the line to sink and then retrieve the flies back erratically pretty much the same as I would do for trout. Not too fast but certainly not ultra slow either. The total length of my leader with both flies on is 2 meters. Works for me....Check out www.seanmillsflyfishing.weebly.com for my awesome DVDs and E books on fly fishing for carp and bass.

Big carp bubble bashing

Its been a while since I have posted anything on my blog.. Been a hectic start to the year work wise. I managed a few trips for carp and bass and did well with some awesome bass and the odd small carp. I recently fished a local lake for 2 hours after a night and morning of rain. I fished the inlet casting to feeding bubbles in about 40cm to a meter of water using my carp firtz fly tied on the awesome Mouche #8 wet fly hook. I used an orange yarn indicator 1.5 meters up my leader to help spot takes. The carp feeding bubbles where fairly sporadic but I managed 4 takes and 4 carp landed between 6 and 9,5kg...
Here are some pics of the fish... Remember to check out www.seanmillsflyfshing.weebly.com for DVDs and E books on fly fishing for carp and other local species...

Fly fishing for carp with the Go Pro Hero 3

 Had fun using the Go pro hero 3 to make this short action clip on fly fishing for carp. Enjoy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKSckDju-oE

Simple, awesome bass flies

The flash clouser, excellent for smallmouth and largemouth bass, consists of dumbbell eyes (or bath chain) and fashabou. I favour blue and silver. Hook size 8 long shank. I like the Grip 13802

The Madam X. If you want awesome surface action, then this is the fly to use. Also works well for big bluegill. Hook size 8 long shank. The Grip 13802 is ideal.

Sean's sandwich popper. Take three sections of 2mm thick foam and tie them on the hook with a marabou tail and you end up with a very easy to tie and effective bass popper...The grip 53584BN # 2 rocks....

 Sean's bend-back muppet. A nice weed resistant fly. Marabou tail and spun egg yarn body...Size 6 long shank hook. For this fly I use the Grip 13802 in size 6.

Want to catch more bass, then move.....

It happens so often these days. I arrive at a bass lake and spot other anglers fishing for bass. I try a few different spots and start catching bass. The other anglers are still fishing on the same spot. I walk 50 meters and try a new area. Bang, three more bass come to my flies. I move on a bit further and more bass connect with my flies. I look up and the other anglers are still fishing in the same spot. I have not seen them catching anything.

News flash, although you do get bass that swim in schools and move around a lake, most don't. They make an area there own and stay in it. So if you arrive at a spot and fish it for half an hour, chances are that the bass in that area will have seen your lures or flies. So, move on. You can always come back and try a spot a bit later but staying in the same spot all day will not catch you more bass, unless it is a real honey hole. Just saying....

Big mouth, this one was holding next to a big log in the water. If I had not moved to try the spot, I would not have caught it... True story...

Bargain hooks for bass flies

I came across these awesome hooks at Somerset Sports in Cape gate. They cost me R79 for 100 hooks. That is just 79 cents a hook! They are the perfect shape and size for my frizz fry, polar fibre minnow and frizz frog flies. So far they have been working very well for me.... They are called Sensation Pro Series Carp 1 or Carp 2 .

I like the size 5 hook the best. The Carp 2 is a very strong and sharp hook. I like the short shank and wide gap. The hook points are also already bent to the right which dramatically improves hooking. I crunch the barbs flat to fish barbless.

A Frizz Fry tied on one of the size 5 Carp 2 hooks. Pure awesomeness.

My frizz fog fly ready for action....