The suckers have been running the last week in good numbers on a local warm water stream. I noticed them arriving last Thursday and caught a few. I had not expected them and to tell you the truth this is the first time I have targeted them. What a blast they are. Most of the fish I caught were 18-24" and fight great on a 5wt or 6wt. Tried them again Saturday and they were swarming the shallows. I caught about 30 before I broke off my tippet section and noticed I did not have anything on me bigger than 7x to use on my furled leader. Oh well.
So this morning I hit them about 11am with a full spool of 3x and a six pack of freshly tied large heavy olive buggers. This seems to be the best fly I have tried. The first day I was using small clouser type baitfish flies trying for white bass. I then switched to some large nymphs but the most effective seems to be plain ol' buggers drifted right in their face.
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