Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2021 And I'm more excited about that than anything else right now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2021 I'll be be ready, what time will you be swinging by to get me? it's only an extra couple thousand miles out of your way so no biggie 😁 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2021 22 minutes ago, Steeldrifter said: I'll be be ready, what time will you be swinging by to get me? it's only an extra couple thousand miles out of your way so no biggie 😁 😊 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted May 12, 2021 Next Red Ear record holder ... good luck, Mark. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted May 23, 2021 On 5/12/2021 at 2:07 PM, mikechell said: Next Red Ear record holder ... good luck, Mark. I don't know. They don't seem to have a line-class or fly fishing category for them. I may set a new record for my OPB for fly fishing fun. The guide I'm going with has been guiding fly-fishers there for forty years but not for shell-crackers. No one wants to fish them that way. (Me do) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2021 Since the huge growth of the redears in Havasu is attributed to their feeding on Zebra mussels I don't know how fly rodding will go with that. Mussel fly on a sinking line? Would be great if they come up to take something on top but I don't think they're acclimated to that and that kind of growth doesn't come from an occasional surface bug. I'm excited to hear how you do on this trip since it is one for a fish most wouldn't put high on their bucket list but seeing pictures of those garbage can lid size monsters does stir the blood. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2021 1 hour ago, vicrider said: Since the huge growth of the redears in Havasu is attributed to their feeding on Zebra mussels I don't know how fly rodding will go with that. Mussel fly on a sinking line? Would be great if they come up to take something on top but I don't think they're acclimated to that and that kind of growth doesn't come from an occasional surface bug. I'm excited to hear how you do on this trip since it is one for a fish most wouldn't put high on their bucket list but seeing pictures of those garbage can lid size monsters does stir the blood. You may know that I am very enthusiastic about mimicking the main pray species of a particular fish and fishing deep. So, I imagined that this kind of fishing would be right up my alley. I am going to tie up some Quagga mussels (a close cousin to the Zebra mussel, quaggas are the one's in Havasu.) and fish them deep, about 20 feet according to my guide. In talking to my guide, he said there was no need to tie quaggas as anything that looks like a crayfish is killer on the shell crushers. I'm going to tie up a bunch of crayfish and a bunch of quaggas. He said that almost nobody wants to go after redears with a fly. He's almost excited as I am to spend that much time concentrating on them with just fly gear. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richmce 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2021 there was a site that had a guy that did very well using what he called the auto jig. its a small 1/64 and nothing but tapered thread body and some silicone legs. he fished them deep 25-25ft could hav e been big bluegill .com. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2021 1 hour ago, richmce said: there was a site that had a guy that did very well using what he called the auto jig. its a small 1/64 and nothing but tapered thread body and some silicone legs. he fished them deep 25-25ft could hav e been big bluegill .com. AH, I'll check it out. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2021 Got'ya Mark. Quagga mussels and not Zebra. Knew they had one in there and everything you hear is Zebra so figured it was those. Good luck and you have a lot of people waiting on these reports. Only time I've fished that deep with a fly rod was drifting with lead and mono. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
umik1953 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2021 12 hours ago, richmce said: there was a site that had a guy that did very well using what he called the auto jig. its a small 1/64 and nothing but tapered thread body and some silicone legs. he fished them deep 25-25ft could hav e been big bluegill .com. http://www.jigcraft.com/patterns/autojig.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richmce 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2021 thanks for posting that umik1953. i did search for it and there is more info on crappie.com go to forums then down to state forum of california post was back on 5/15/19. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skeet3t 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2021 This is has been an interesting and informative thread and posts. A friend is the editor of an online publication. https://crappienow.com/magazine/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2021 Wow, those crappie people are crazy.😁😄😊 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted May 28, 2021 Thanks for the Magazine link Skeet. Jumped on that one. Like the little "autojig" though don't understand how it got that name it looks good and simple. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites