Hot Largemouth Bass Flies
Reader Steve Horgan kindly sent me the following email:
“I don’t know if you fish for largemouth bass at all but in case you do I want to make you aware of a great fly for them. It’s called the Swimmin’ Jimmy. In September of 2009 Brian Flechsig, owner of Mad River Outfitters in Columbus, Ohio, gave a talk at our local fly fishing club about warm water species. For about 10 years Brian had an arrangement with The Wilds near Zanesville,OH whereby he guided for largemouth on their lakes. He caught many big bass up to 12 lbs. on the Swimmin’ Jimmy. During his talk he said the Swimmin’ Jimmy was the world’s greatest fly. So I started using it (purchased from Mad River Outfitters) and 3 weeks later I caught a 26 inch largemouth on it, a real dandy for Ohio waters. Here is a link where you can see how to tie it:
http://www.buckeyeflyfishers.com/ultimatefly/desc/swimminjimmy.pdf
“Please pass it on to your bass fishing friends. It may not be the world’s greatest fly but it is very effective. The strip, strip pause retrieve works very well in clear water. When you retrieve after the pause it is common to find the fish has eaten the fly (sucked it in) while it was sitting still and you weren’t even aware of it. It’s a nice surprise.”
Further correspondence led to this follow-up from Steve:
“One more bass fly for you. This one is the best top water fly I have ever fished for bass. They just suck it off the top. It’s beautiful to see. I have never had one strike it on top. I don’t know if leopard rainbows will eat it. I’ll find that out in July on the Goodnews River or one of its tributaries. It’s an extremely easy tie for a mouse pattern:
http://www.buckeyeflyfishers.com/ultimatefly/desc/gurglingmouse.pdf ”
I don’t fish for bass very often but am sure both these patterns would work for them as well as for rainbow trout in Alaska.
If any other readers try them please let us know how they work for you. Thanks!
And thanks to Steve Horgan for sharing these instructions for Hot Largemouth Bass Flies!
John Kumiski
http://www.spottedtail.com
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