04-20-2004, 04:03 PM
When Pelican is hot, it doesn't matter too much what you throw at them. I've only been out there one time a couple of years ago when the bluegills were over their beds. It was slow if you weren't catching a fish every 3rd or 5th cast. I just cast a chartruese damsel pattern into the reeds, let it sit for a bit, and then twitched it in. Don't worry about a soft presentation. I cast them out so that the fly slaps the water hard. Top water stuff is the funnest, so poppers and terrestrials are good choices. If the action isn't on top, go with woolly buggers. Anything bigger than a size 8 might be a tad too big. I don't go smaller than a 12 though.
The damsel pattern I use has a marabou tail, chartruese dubbed body, rubber legs, and a foam "wing case" to make it float just in the surface film.
Good colors are white, black, chartruese, yellow, red is always a good accent color. I'll try to post some pics of the patterns another time.
Here is a great site about flyfishing for panfish:
[url "http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/panfish/archive.html"]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/panfish/archive.html[/url]
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The damsel pattern I use has a marabou tail, chartruese dubbed body, rubber legs, and a foam "wing case" to make it float just in the surface film.
Good colors are white, black, chartruese, yellow, red is always a good accent color. I'll try to post some pics of the patterns another time.
Here is a great site about flyfishing for panfish:
[url "http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/panfish/archive.html"]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/panfish/archive.html[/url]
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