In this month’s “Top 5” video from Trouts Fly Fishing in Denver, General Manager Rick Mikesell offers his favorite patterns for chasing largemouth and smallmouth bass in late spring and early summer. It’s mostly a subsurface game in much of the country, but never be afraid to throw a popper to see if some hungry predator is willing to smash it on the surface. (Click the fly names to learn more about each fly.)
1. Geezus Lizard
2 Worm Slider
3. Stay Hungry Streamer
4. Clouser Minnow
5. Bass Popper
All these flies look good and I have excellent luck with a clouser but for me a leech pattern worked slowly along the bottom with an undulating retrieve is number one.
Stay Hungry! Fire