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The large mouthed bass, preferring shallow water, is usually more easily taken in lakes than dolomieu but it is often necessary to fish in the weeds. The shallow, weedy " lakes" of the Illinois river region offer some of the best of large mouthed bass fly fishing. These lakes are overflowed timber and pasture lands full of dead trees, stumps, lily pads and weeds, making ideal breeding and feeding places for these fish. Before the law prohibited the sale of black bass one often would see Illinois river market fishermen using fly rods. For fishing such weedy waters a weedless fly (with inverted wings or with horse hair or wire weed guards) should be used. The boat is kept forty or fifty feet out from the edge of the weed bed and the angler casts his fly in the " pockets " among the weeds or directly on the weeds. A rather sturdy rod is needed for this work as the fish is literally dragged over the weeds into open water before he can " duck " under the surface and foul the leader. Fishing in fairly weedless waters especially if the water is roiled, as it is apt to be, the addition of a spinner to the fly is advisable. |
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