Dave Whitlock’s Near Nuff Crayfish pattern nails the look ... is like the Swiss Army knife of flies for smallmouth bass—it ...

A Clouser minnow is a popular white bass fly. A white fly with a little chartreuse, red or gray in the pattern is good. So are white woolly buggers. Stores that sell fly fishing gear will have these.

White and chartreuse Whistles make killer shad patterns. Retrieve them with ... In either case, the erratic behavior of this fly seems to tick bass off as badly as a jerkbait, and on several ...

“Of course, as fly tiers we like to get crazy and tie some other patterns, but the Clouser is the all-time white-bass fly,” he said. Moncrief likes a size 4 Clouser Minnow. That’s large in ...

Whether you’re fishing a farm pond, a small river, a sprawling reservoir, or something in between, you really only need a few different patterns in various colors and sizes to catch bass. The key to ...

A smallmouth bass caught with a popper ... If you were only allowed one fly in your collection, make it the Clouser Minnow in chartreuse and white. It's a classic for a reason, and that reason ...

Best baits for white bass are minnows (netted from the lake or stream), store-bought minnows, jigs, small crankbaits, inline spinnerbaits and tied flies ... their springtime pattern, and they ...