| I have been fly fishing for over forty years | | | | sunny day try a kryatal Flash Charlie for pan |
| now and have over the years discovered that | | | | fish and a Kryatal flash for bass and |
| some of my saltwater fly fishing flies work | | | | crappie. |
| well in fresh water and that some of my | | | | |
| freshwater flies work well in saltwater. The | | | | You can also catch saltwater species of fish |
| more fly fishing I do the more I come to | | | | with what are traditionally considered bass |
| realize that both saltwater fish and | | | | flies. In a previous article I chronicle a |
| freshwater have a lot in common. | | | | trip to the N.C. coast when the fishing was |
| | | | unbelievable and I exhausted all of my |
| I have caught trout, bass and pan fish on | | | | saltwater flies. I resorted to bass flies and |
| what are traditionally considered saltwater | | | | continued to catch fish. I have caught |
| fishing flies. There are several different | | | | saltwater trout, bluefish, tarpon, redfish |
| saltwater fly patterns that I use to catch | | | | and more with flies that are supposed to be |
| freshwater fish. The Clouser's minnow and | | | | for bass fishing. For tarpon, stripers, snook |
| Lefty's deceiver minnows are a great choice | | | | and bluefish try Rabbit Strip Divers, Mega |
| when bass fishing and in the smaller sizes | | | | Divers, Zonker and Bass Buggers. If you are |
| large pan fish. I have come to believe that | | | | after sea trout or redfish you might want to |
| both of these flies simulate small minnows | | | | try Woolly Buggers in either a chartreuse or |
| that are prevalent in all environments where | | | | olive color. Again, I think color is most |
| we fish. It is the color choice that is most | | | | important and I recommend you stick to |
| important, and that choice will be dictated | | | | chartreuse, yellow or olive for redfish and |
| by the clarity of the water and the color of | | | | trout. For stripers, and bluefish and tarpon |
| the natural minnows that exist where you are | | | | just about any color with some flash will |
| fishing. One of my favorite saltwater flies | | | | work. |
| for large pan fish is the bonefish special | | | | |
| tied in a little smaller size. I have also | | | | If you fish saltwater and freshwater I would |
| caught large crappie bass using Crazy Charlie | | | | suggest that you take a large variety of you |
| flies in yellow and chartreuse colors, and | | | | flies with you and do not be afraid to |
| try red, yellow or pink Crazy Charlie flies | | | | experiment. You will be surprised at what you |
| for large pan fish. In cloudy water on a | | | | catch and learn. |