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My buddy Milo sent me some flies to try out. (If this name rings a bell, it might be because he recently started an online fly shop and I posted about it on this blog. Click here to read that post.) the flies he sent me are streamer patterns that are best known for catching big trout like the ones that can be found on the White River. He asked me if I could throw these patterns for the warm water species that I chase like largemouth, white bass, and hybrid stripers. Recently, I was able to throw a couple of the patterns on some public water for largemouth bass.
The patterns that I threw are called a circus peanut (articulated streamer) and a boogeyman (single hook streamer). I liked the circus peanut's action and sink rate but started to wonder if it was too big for the largemouth I was targeting. If I had been chasing 2 pound or bigger bass, I would have kept throwing the fly but I figured that I needed to downsize. I was looking for more hookups and believed that there would opportunities if I was throwing a smaller fly that could fit in a smaller largemouth's mouth but could still handle a larger fish if the opportunity came along.
I tied on a boogeyman with the hopes of my takes and thus, more fish in my hand. The fly sunk like a rock which was what I wanted since I was fishing with floating line. The fly had a tapered profile and a great flutter to it as well. I liked the dark colored head as well as the flash in the body and wiggle of the tail. It looked a little like a baitfish, a little like a tadpole, and a lot like something that a largemouth would eat. I didn't get bites right off that bat which told me that the bass might be in the middle of their annual spawn or that maybe I was fishing the wrong time of the day. It looked so good in the water, I just didn't understand why I wasn't getting bites.
To make a long story short, I did get bites on the boogeyman. They came in bunches when I found just the right spot where the bass were stacked up. I ended up putting 6 largemouth in the boat and a really aggressive bluegill. I have a feeling that this is only be beginning of my stories that include a boogeyman. Under better conditions and in a better fishery, I have a feeling this thing could put up some gaudy numbers. Bass are definitely not afraid of the boogeyman and apparently big, and aggressive bluegill aren't either!
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