Peacock Bass Flys
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:20 pm
The other day someone ask what kind of flys to bring to Hawaii for peacock bass. I visited Sean down at Nervous Water fly shop and he showed me some stuff that Clay and the guys had tied.
These repersent little fish. Peacock bass feed mostly on small fish so I guess anything that looks or acts like a fish will work just fine.
Topwater fishing is always fun and exciting. When they are schooling, peacock bass just love a topwater. Again, see how they look like small fish.
Notice the small size and big weighted eyes. These flys can be fished shallow and fast... or deep and slow using a sinking, or sinking tip line.
My favorite colors are white, or pink, or yellow, or.... well the fish don't seem to care once they are feeding.
Most of the time the fish cruise the shore line, so we do a lot of casting right against the grass and logs on the shore. These flyes are tied so the hook rides up making it a little more weedless. The White streamer with the read throat is tied on a "keel hook"... it's much more weedless.
The shad and small tropical fish (we probably have more tropical fish in the lake than in most Pet Stores
) are on the small size. Our peacock bass average just over 2 pounds.... So we seem to catch a lot more fish on smaller flys. But that doesn't mean they won't take a larger fly. 
Also note that these flys are tied on bass "worm" hooks. They have proven rather weedless too.
These repersent little fish. Peacock bass feed mostly on small fish so I guess anything that looks or acts like a fish will work just fine.
Topwater fishing is always fun and exciting. When they are schooling, peacock bass just love a topwater. Again, see how they look like small fish.
Notice the small size and big weighted eyes. These flys can be fished shallow and fast... or deep and slow using a sinking, or sinking tip line.
My favorite colors are white, or pink, or yellow, or.... well the fish don't seem to care once they are feeding.
Most of the time the fish cruise the shore line, so we do a lot of casting right against the grass and logs on the shore. These flyes are tied so the hook rides up making it a little more weedless. The White streamer with the read throat is tied on a "keel hook"... it's much more weedless.
The shad and small tropical fish (we probably have more tropical fish in the lake than in most Pet Stores
) are on the small size. Our peacock bass average just over 2 pounds.... So we seem to catch a lot more fish on smaller flys. But that doesn't mean they won't take a larger fly. Also note that these flys are tied on bass "worm" hooks. They have proven rather weedless too.