Crappie on the fly.

Well the weather wasn't the greatest yesterday, but got a couple hours of fishing in after getting the cottage opened up for the season. Brought up the fly rod to fish the shallows for crappie. Struggled through the rain and managed enough for a couple good dinners.

Nice fish! Love fishing the fly rod also, so much fun. Can’t wait to get out for the blue gill bite on the fly. Congrats on your success!🙂

Nice. A good way to open the cottage for the season. Never thought about using a fly rod for them.

Well done Chaz thx for sharing.

Arnie

Nice haul Chaz and well done!

Looks like a blast, flyfishing for crappie

I have a fly rod as well, but sadly I hardly ever use it.
My bad, I need to dust it off and give it a go..

May I ask what fly or pattern you used? Dry surface fly, nymph, streamer or wooly buggers?

Thanks guys, just a bug pattern that I made up, was lots of fun.

Those crappie are going to taste great. What a great idea using a fly as the crappie are so close to the surface in the shallows. Some spots I fish for crappie in the spring my jig head under a bobber, is only 4 to 6 inches under the surface. Today would be a good crappie rain day.

I was using a 9 ft 5/6 weight floating line with a 4lb test tapered leader. It was definitely a lot of fun. Also caught a lot of sunfish on it as well.

Good haul of crappies !
Long time ago I bought a fly rod and was practicing casting but when I started fishing I had a hard time visually detecting a bite when the line moves so I gave it up .
It’s a fun sport for sure

Awesome! Brought back memories of years past.45 years ago I had a fly rod and would use small poppers for Crappie which I purchased from Honest Ed's in Toronto. My,my has time flown.Thanks for the post!

Lol. Hey Db, I wonder how many members remember or know about Honest Ed's? Yes time does go by fast.

Nice going Chuck , enjoy the eats.
Last time i was in New Brunswick, i caught a couple specs on my grandfathers old fly rod..
Lots of fun watching them break the surface..

Thanks Dave, it's really a good feeling catching fish on the fly.

that's just awesome getting them on the fly


i still have an Orvis fly rod that hasn't seen the water for 40 years.......wow i got to get it back into action


and ya, I also have great memories of Honest Eds