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Casting for bass with a fly in spring.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Byline: Eric Sharp DETROIT _ Modern freshwater fly-fishing has developed a single-minded concentration on trout, so we forget that many of the best early anglers cast flies to largemouth and smallmouth bass. From Dr. James Henshall, who wrote Book of the Black Bass in 1881, to J. Edson Leonard, a

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

IF BASS ARE BITING, A FLY OR LURE DOESN'T MATTER

This friendly clash of fishing cultures started before the crack of dawn on a private pond big enough to be a lake. The Hyde driftboat looked oddly misplaced floating in a bass pond laced with milfoil and other weedy growth. Buzzbaits gurgled alongside fly rod bass bugs. Largemouth bass snatched

Publication: Rocky Mountain News

Technique to catch bass is totally fly

Technique to catch bass is totally fly By BOB RIEPENHOFF briepenhoff@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel Sunday, March 2, 2003 Try it just once and you might understand why fly fishing is becoming increasingly popular among bass anglers. "People are just realizing you don't have to go to a trout

Publication: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

IF BASS ARE BITING, A FLY OR LURE DOESN'T MATTER.(Sports)

Byline: Ed Dentry ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS LONGMONT -- This friendly clash of fishing cultures started before the crack of dawn on a private pond big enough to be a lake. The Hyde driftboat looked oddly misplaced floating in a bass pond laced with milfoil and other weedy growth. Buzzbaits gurgled

Publication: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)

TIPS ON FLY-FISHING FOR BASS DURING LATE SUMMER

DON ECKER The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 08-21-1991 TIPS ON FLY-FISHING FOR BASS DURING LATE SUMMER By DON ECKER Date: 08-21-1991, Wednesday Section: SPORTS Edition: All Editions -- Four Star B, Three Star P, Two Star, One Star Column: OUTDOORS It's the middle of August. Area trout streams are low

Publication: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)

Bass fly-fishing is an old tradition

00-00-0000 Bass fly-fishing is an old tradition OLIVER SHAPIRO Date: 08-09-2002, Friday Section: SPORTS Edtion: All EditionsTwo Star B. Two Star P. One Star B Column: OUTDOORS I'm often amused by the many articles appearing in today's angling literature, treating fly-fishing for freshwater bass as

Publication: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)

Outdoors: Fly Fishing for Bass - New York Times

LEAD: MOST saltwater fly fishermen learn the basics of the sport on stream or lake. Fascinated with the challenge of taking trout or black bass on an artificial fly, they eventually succumb to the urge to try for striped bass or bluefish, bonefish or tarpon. MOST saltwater fly fishermen learn the

Publication: The New York Times