If you know what the fish are eating, matching a lure to the bait will produce a lot of strikes. For beginners, I recommend choosing a variety of baits that cover the entire water column and experimenting with the different techniques. The lures I selected will cover all the basic bass fishing situations and are great starting points. In the world of soft plastics, there are an infinite number of possibilities. Companies can make a mold of any shape and fill it with whatever color combinations they can think of.
When the water cools down bass will go deeper seeking more consistent water temperatures. If this is the case, the best baits are bottom baits which can drag past lethargic fish and produce a strike. In other instances, like first and last light, bass will move shallower in search of baitfish cruising flats. Bass are attracted by a variety of things such as vibration, smell, and sight. For moving baits, lures with a lot of vibration can attract fish from far off. Bass can feel these vibrations in the water and will curiously investigate such offerings.
Hand tying fly lures to match the hatch is considered a challenge by many amateur entomologists. No lure maker is more synonymous with striper surf fishing than Stan Gibbs. In 1945—the same year World War II came to an end—Gibbs Lure Company was born in Massachusetts, and the timing couldn’t have been better. During the post-war era, Americans found more time and money for recreation and leisure activities, which included surf fishing.
Hiring a teaching guide can be useful for novices as well as seasoned fly-fishers who are trying out new waters, Bullock advised. A guide who will wade with you in the water usually charges $250 to $300 for two people for a day. For two people on a boat, the cost is usually $500 to $750, he said. Or you could take a lesson on land at a fly shop for $20 an hour. President Herbert Hoover said the pursuit of happiness cited in the Declaration of Independence “obviously includes the pursuit of fish,” according to his presidential library. He also mocked his predecessor President Calvin Coolidge for preferring worms to fly fishing.
Angus Drummond specializes in floating fly fishers down the Lower Colorado River. (Ed Engle/Courtesy photo)We then went to dry fly dropper rigs and fished the foam lines near the banks. Angus kept us focused on getting good drifts on the edges between slower moving water and well-defined foam lines. Angus Drummond with an average size Lower Colorado River brown trout. (Ed Engle/Courtesy photo)Initially, I was hoping to repeat a memorable trip I’d taken with Angus before the pandemic.
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