Photo AlbumLargemouth Bass taken on an Orange Foam Spider. Largemouth Bass taken on a Plan "B" Largemouth Bass taken on a Olive Red-Faced Wobbler. Largemouth Bass taken on a white Red-Faced Wobbler Largemouth Bass Taken on a white Red-Faced Wobbler. Largemouth Bass taken on a white Red-Faced Wobbler. Largemouth Bass taken on a white Red-Faced Wobbler. There is nothing much better than taking Bluegills large enough to be "lipped" like you would hold a bass by the lip. Black Crappie taken on a Plan "B" Another Black Crappie taken on a Plan "B" Black Crappie taken on a Plan "B" Bluegill taken on a white Red-Faced Wobbler. Bluegill taken on an orange Foam Spider. Beautifully colored Gill taken on an orange Foam Spider. Another bluegill taken on a size 8 Plan "B" Another bluegill taken on an orange Foam Spider. Bluegill taken on black Red-Faced Wobbler. Bluegill taken on a black Red-Faced Wobbler. Bluegill taken on a size 6 Plan "B" Another bluegill taken on a black Red-Faced Wobbler. Black Crappie taken on a black Red-Faced Wobbler. Bluegill taken on a Plan "B" Bluegill taken on an orange Foam Spider. Another bluegill taken on an orange Foam Spider. Bluegill taken on a Plan "B" Bluegill taken on a size 6 Plan "B" Bluegill taken on an orange Foam Spider. White crappie taken on a white Red-Faced Wobbler. Another white crappie taken on a white Red-Faced Wobbler. The "Peanut Gallery." The day this catfish was caught I took a total of ten catfish, all on the same fly. The fly was a bronze Hipps's HellCraw. The smallest cat was about 20-inches long. Fishing farm ponds at dusk when there is very little light is my favorite time to fish for bass. You will see in the photo that follows that a bass wasn't home but a 22-inch catfish was. Most people think that catfish only feed on the bottom. That's not true as evidenced by this photo. I was fishing the FenceRider Frog just before dark when this cat hit the fly like bass hit topwater bugs. I was casting the bug onto the grassy pond bank and pulling it back into the water when he took the fly. A very nice largemouth bass taken on a Lite-Brite Leech on a farm pond in Jones County Iowa.
Warmwater Fly Tyer - by Ward Bean
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