Has anyone out there gone crappie fishing with a fly rod?
Mar 28, 2021 17:46:45 #
Mar 28, 2021 20:12:09 #
Blackdog
Loc: Round Rock, TX
flyguy wrote:
I and a neighbor used to go down to the Miss. River and catch crappies using minnows & worms with a fly rod. We called it "slurping". I was thinking about using a fly to catch the little buggers, spray a little gulp on the fly and have a ball. Would people think you were crazy? I'm I crazy? Your thought, please!
I saw a couple guys bass fishing with their fly rods yesterday. The only problem they had was casting to a spot 20 or 15 feet away. Their retrieve technique didn't look all that great either.
But hey, give it a go and post the pics. From the sounds of it, it is a doable way to fish other species.
Black_Dog
Mar 29, 2021 07:37:39 #
oldcolonel
Loc: southeast
Friend introduced me to this. We use clouser minnows with a little chartreuse dressing....lead eyes = about 1 ft per second sink rate...
Mar 29, 2021 08:03:15 #
oldcolonel wrote:
Friend introduced me to this. We use clouser minnows with a little chartreuse dressing....lead eyes = about 1 ft per second sink rate...
Good mornin', oldcolonel, welcome to the Forum. Thanks for the info.
Mar 29, 2021 08:38:56 #
Able Man
Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
oldcolonel wrote:
Friend introduced me to this. We use clouser minnows with a little chartreuse dressing....lead eyes = about 1 ft per second sink rate...
Welcome to the Fishing Stage, oldcolonel! (Good morning, flyguy!)
Mar 29, 2021 14:03:31 #
I’ve used a fly rod for bluegill and crappie as well as bass. Had a freakin’ blast doing it too.Thanks for reminding me. I highly recommended it. Fly rods make the best crappie rods. Small jigs on the bottom with a small streamer tied on a dropper above is killer presentation for all panfish. Tiny cork poppers with feather or hair tail fished under overhanging tree branches will produce hours of bluegill catching fun. I would still be doing it from time to time except for one of my kids took my fly rod.
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