Bought my first fly rod. it was a 4 wt st croix imperial I got on sale for $100. Id like to mess around and try to catch some perch. Anyone have any recommended flies?
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Bought my first fly rod. it was a 4 wt st croix imperial I got on sale for $100. Id like to mess around and try to catch some
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And your best bet for perch would be a flashy, minnow imitation, simulating, not exact, like a lightening bug tied on a jig hook, soft hackled. I fish lots of them that I tie up. All depends on the depth that the perch are at....18-20 ft forget it. But 8-12 ft you've got a good chance. Bead headed, tungsten preferred to get down on a dry line, and long leader. That one could even be fished below a strike indicator set to depth, and slowly bob the indicator along. If surface water ripples that would jig the fly.
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When you say perch, are you talking about yellow perch, or sunfish? Where I live, they call sunfish perch...
Sunfish are a lot of fun on a fly rod, and will bite just about any surface fly. Like Buckhunter said, poppers are great for smallmouth, and if it is sunfish you are asking about, they love little poppers too, and small grasshopper patterns, etc. Experiment!
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