Fly Fishing for Bass on Lake Powell

Simms Fishing Presents: Desert Bass on the Fly

The Utah desert may seem like an unlikely fly fishing destination, but the waters of Lake Powell are teaming with sport fish! Watch this angler pursue Large and Smallmouth Bass on a hot spring afternoon.

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[Troutsiders]

Great video! The music goes very well with the environment & the mood. Doesn't hurt either when you're catching pigs like those:D Fantastic job!

[ZeroedOnU]

wow nicely done

[bluefishbrad]

beautiful video about the meditative art of fly fishing

[sofleye23]

This video should be called "Fly Fishing for Bass on Mars"

[CoolLikePenguinNuts]

@Tuberidin01 Lake Powell is a nationally famous Bass fishing destination. They eat bait fish like crazy. One of my best days on Powell was bouncing a rubber lizard off of the rock walls from a boat and letting it sink about 8 feet. We killed a school of bass, the two of us together must have landed 50 fish the smallest was 1 pound the largest was 7 pounds.

[CoolLikePenguinNuts]

@troutmasterdja Right time of day, right time of year, right depth, right water. Bass get fished for pretty hard by everyone. My better fishing for Bass with a fly rod has been on private ponds, hard to get to places, secret spots. Any place that has had less fishing pressure. The best time of year is in the spring when they have moved to the shallows to spawn. They are really aggressive then(go topwater) it's a blast. Then again, a secluded farm pond in July during a rainstorm was epic.

[CoolLikePenguinNuts]

@LandThatFish One more thing, If you're fishing tighter cover and smaller water go shorter 7'11" , 8' , 8'6" , 9' If you're fishing bigger water and really need to bomb a fly out there go with a 9'6" or a 10' However, if you know how to double haul and use sharkskin line a 9' rod is more than ample. I'd say if you don't go with the 7'11" go with a 9'

[CoolLikePenguinNuts]

@pelletify I have caught a broader species range, in any water type, any time of year on a black wooly bugger... than almost any other fly. Fish aren't picky about these flies. They offer them in different colors to catch fisherman not fish. If your feeling saucey swith to olive. I guess what I'm saying is, this is an excellant pattern all year long, and has earned it's street cred.

[CoolLikePenguinNuts]

@dandotreillydot42058 Oh I almost forgot. Two other great rods for this are the Reddington CPX and the Reddington Predator. The CPX is around $350 the Predator is in the $200 dollar range. The Predator is a budgeted version of the Sage Bass. the CPX is the budgeted version of the Sage TCX/ Z-Axis. If you're on a tighter budget these are awesome rods. Don't think cheap means worse. Sage owns Reddington and they design all their rods. These rods won't disappoint. Feel free to message me :)

[CoolLikePenguinNuts]

@LandThatFish Hey I'm back. My second rig is a Sage TCX 9wt. 9' rod with a Loop Opti Speedrunner reel and Sharkskin magnum or (2nd spool) Sharkskin streamer express sinking line. This rod is very powerful and super fast action. It doubles as my pike/muskie rod. It's pretty much my freshwater big game rod. This is the more expensive of the two rigs. the Rod is about $800 the reel is $655 and $100 for the line. the first rod is $400, the reel is about $375 and the line $100. Hope this helps.

[CoolLikePenguinNuts]

@LandThatFish Well, here is one of my two rigs. I use a Sage bass series 230 grain (about a 8 weight). It's 7'11"long(tournament legal length) with a sage 4500 CF reel and sharkskin magnum line. This is my go to topwater bass rig. The shorter length works great for casting into thick cover from overgrown, brushy, weedy banks. They offer them in a 290(9wt.) grain and a 330(10wt.) grain as well.

[dandotreillydot42058]

@LandThatFish it really is a personal choice....what ever u like...if u r a beginner just get the sage bass rod cuz they set u up really nicely...9" should do the trick.