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Anyone have any experience catching catfish on a flyline? I never thought about it until this fall when they started hitting flies (#8 wooly buggers and streamers)as we were fishing in my pond for bluegill. Incredible - can take up to 5 minutes to get a 14 inch CC in on 3 wt line. I highly recommend it for those with CC in their ponds.
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I havent cuaght them on fly but have on rapalas, shad darts, twister tail jigs, and the weirdest was bass spinner baits while fishing for pike in canada.
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Originally posted by JKM: Anyone have any experience catching catfish on a flyline? I never thought about it until this fall when they started hitting flies (#8 wooly buggers and streamers)as we were fishing in my pond for bluegill. Incredible - can take up to 5 minutes to get a 14 inch CC in on 3 wt line. I highly recommend it for those with CC in their ponds. Catfish on the fly are a blast….until they get hook shy... I’ve commented many times about mistakenly overstocking CC, and neglecting to harvest proper numbers, but we routinely catch them on fly tackle. One evening last spring my wife hooked 15 CC and landed 7 on a five wt – in the 5 – 6# range. With too many break-offs, I stepped up to my 9-wt striper rod and landed them more easily, but they are now getting 6 – 8 #’s and leader and hook shy. If you are feeding, best flies are foam pellet flies and Bruce’s “pom-poms”, soaked in ground up pellets. Cecil’s “panty hose” flies work as well. They will take you into the backing in a heartbeat. Have fun...
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