Best trout flies for panfish/bass?

[Flycaster]

Just wanting to know which trout flies you have used for panfish or bass and had pretty good luck with.I know the wooly bugger is a great one and also have been told the prince nymph is good for panfish.Thanks.

[mattv-mcfly]

I like to use foam beetles and ants for panfish for all day dry fly action. Poppers both small and medium sized are my favorite for bigger bluegills and bass. For subsurface, bluegills will eat just about anything they can fit in their mouths and bunny leeches are my go to for bass.

[Darian]

have I used for Bluegill??? McGinty, Black Ant, Brown/Grey Hackle Peacock, Spiders, etc. As has been said, anything buggy looking will take sunnies; maybe some bass. :cool:

[corky569]

I agree with all of the above. I'll add soft hackles are killer for bluegill, and I'm loving simi seal buggers for bass.

[Flycaster]

Thanks everyone for the replys.I have tied a few foam bugs and foam spiders.I will try tying a few of the others you recommended.I will try the ants also.I am not sure if i would be able to cast some of the larger bass flies.I am using a slow action 5wt rod with 5wf line.I may need something with more back bone.I may be able to cast the small poppers though.I may try making a few of these also.Thanks.

[corky569]

For foam I really like the Arizona Wanderings mini hoppers. Nice little bugs, easy to tie.

http://azwanderings.com/mini-hopper-tutorial/

[mattv-mcfly]

For foam I really like the Arizona Wanderings mini hoppers. Nice little bugs, easy to tie.

http://azwanderings.com/mini-hopper-tutorial/

Dude. I'm going to tie up some of those right now. Nice find!

[Darian]

One of the prior threads in the Fly Tying Forum was about cheap tying materials and yarn was suggested. Yarn has many uses in tying flies. One of the best is in tying furled bodies for all kinds of bugs. An example of this is in a video by Ken Hanley titled, "Tying with Ken Hanley: the Furled Dragonfly". If you Google this title, you'll find the video instructing how to tie this pattern. It's relatively easy and cheap. Ken has other patterns using the same technique for tying hoppers, etc. Using some imagination, you should be able to create patterns for Bass/Sunnies back there.

[corky569]

I'm going to try the Furled pygmy hopper, looks good.

[Rockit]

I've been super successful with a clouser minnow for black bass in the delta.

[corky569]

I'm pretty sure a Clouser Minnow would catch about everything.

[corky569]

Here are those Ken Hanley Extended Body Flies I tied up. Can you say Bluegill Killers!!!!!

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/corky569/Hunt%20Fish/20160312_080244.jpg (http://s259.photobucket.com/user/corky569/media/Hunt%20Fish/20160312_080244.jpg.html)

[k.hanley]

Atta boy Corky. Bring on those Bluegills! Enjoy.
Cheers, Ken

PS: Don't forget you may need to dip the extended abdomen into Softex (or a similar product) to keep it from fouling (sometimes an issue once the fish begin to chew on the fly).

[corky569]

Thanks Ken, I got your book the other day. It's fantastic, it's the best looking fly tying book I own. The pictures are amazing.

P.S. I ordered softex yesterday!

[Dan LeCount]

A simple marabou damsel nymph has always been a great warmwater fly for me. Really effective sight fisher in clear water for bass, carp and bluegill.

[John H]

I don't fish bass a lot but when I do this is the box.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa22/jhodgson55/Quetico%202015/Quetico%20005.jpg (http://s203.photobucket.com/user/jhodgson55/media/Quetico%202015/Quetico%20005.jpg.html)

[corky569]

Nicely done!

[JR Martinez]

I may have to tie up some of those mini hoppers.

As far as what I use on bluegill, just beetles really. The Leetle Beetle by Fly Fish Food is a good one that I had success with last year

[corky569]

I love Fly Fish Food, their "Moodah Poodah" is a great bluegill fly.

http://re-nodirection.blogspot.com/2015/07/vacation-day-one-bluegills-on-top.html