on the fly fish for me are:
LMB
SMB
Crappie
Bluegill
redear
white bass
rainbow
brown
golden
cutthroat
mackinaw
kokanee
sunfish
walleye
yellow perch
Pike
Grayling
i think that is it for me!!
i still would love to add muskie and any saltwater would be sweet!!
I like a small, yellow popper. It's kinda fun because the hit it with a "splat." Every once-in-a-while a bass will take a wack at it too.
Also had really good results just skating an elk hair caddis across the surface. Sure wish I lived closer to a good bluegill lake.
I've caught tilapia on flies, but they don't seem to attack dries like bluegill do.
Hmm I've only flyfished a few times and each time I don't put more then an hour in.
So my list is:
Bluegill
LMB
Now on the "FLY" I've fished them on UL spinning outfits and for that my list is:
Bluegill
LMB
Redear
Rainbow Trout
Squawfish
SMB
I use flies all the time, but not with traditional flyfishing gear.
Mine are all home-made, and I use all of them in the surf. A white feather with mackerel stripes or sardine dots works quite well.
the only fish I ever caught "traditionally" were bluegill, crappie, a single LMB, rainbow, and brown trout.
with my own flies:
YFC, BSP, SBB, calico bass, sandies, hundreds of jacksmelt, a few surf bonito, and numerous pancakes.
Oddly enough, walleye surfperch wont touch them. Never understood why..
Last edited by smokehound; 03-01-2011 at 07:02 PM.
I've caught them on a bead-head nymph - a hare's ear to be exact, a San Juan Worm with a bead-head, a zebra midge. I don't think the pattern matters. The species in Balboa, I think, is primarily an algae grazer. I've never caught one on a dry and they seem to peck at the flies rather than eat them like bass, bluegill, trout, etc.. We've watched 'em in the shallows - pull a fly through a school and several fish move on it, occasionally one will take a nip at it. I've been told that a fly consisting of nothing by olive green marabou works well because it looks like algea. I've never tried it.
If anyone has a good technique for scoring tilapia on flies, I'd love to hear about it.
I've read that there are other species of tilapia that are more carnivorous, but I never seem to come across any at our local spot.