First Bass!!

When you are using topwater/floating lures, treat the leader and fly line off the reel with line floatant. Helps picking up the line, much less loading of the rod. Helps control the backcast.
 
popper43 said:
Learn to add light mono to the tippit when it gets short - they are expensive.
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Flourocarbon is better IMHO, especailly since bass waters also tend to have other predators like pike in them. not that flouro is that much more resiliant, but every little bit helps :)

learning to tie a blood knot is gonna be key to making that connection and doing so solidly as well as make it efficent where it doesnt interfere with the cast - although with big topwater flies thats a little less critical.
popper43 said:
And how to palm the reel (watch out for the knuckle buster knob). I got bad finger burn trying to stop a large coy I caught. And wrapped knuckles trying to 'catch' the reel on a large catfish.
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i learned the knuckle buster issue chasing fall chinook's ! learning to palm a reel is essentially critical when dealwith with 20-30lbs of p!ss3d off salmon attached to the end of your line LOL

that first one that got me... i got my knuckles whapped like... 8 or 10 times before i knew what was going on other than *lots of swearing* *owie!* lol
 
Enjoy the fly fishing, it's always fun to catch fish on a flyrod.
Now, other than poppers, you can accumulate an assortment of nymphs, wet flies, dry flies, and streamers, then you can also get into tying your own, it can become addicting!
 
I’m sure y’all are tired of hearing about this, but got some new flies in today and this fly right here is the BOMB!!

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It’s a SLOW sinker and one little strip has it wiggling like a real fish! The bass loved it!! I had all intentions of trying several and couldn’t bring myself to change. Only issue is the eyes only lasted about 4-5 fish…the others after that didn’t seem to mind a blind fish though!!
 
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