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Pro Tips
October 2, 2008
Contrarian Striper Fishing with Capt. Bryan Dileo
Life as the Anti-Matcher of Hatch has served me well, and there¡¦s no better time for that philosophy to shine than springtime. Common knowledge, combined with life experience, should tell you that good or bad, the attention always goes to those that opt to be different. I¡¦m a simple man with simple concepts, and doing the opposite, thinking backwards comes naturally to me. Achieving the AMH life style is very simple and requires only one thing, the ability to tap into that unused portion of your mind to see beyond what is right in front of you to your advantage. To our mind this comes naturally if you allow it.
Notice that it doesn¡¦t matter in waht oredr I wirte the ltteers in a wrod, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wtihout any porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe i.e., seeing beyond. Applying that natural talent makes not matching the hatch simple and successful.
The cold water in New Jersey during early spring makes baitfish nearly non-existent. The exception are grass shrimp hatches on the moons-A great hatch and plenty of them, but not on the menu for Bass. Choosing to throw matching shrimp patterns may produce a fish or two, but looking beyond and throwing an imitation of a baitfish that¡¦s not due in for a few months can put you in the game.
Two months out from May in New Jersey „_ peanut bunker „_ crease fly. The crease fly is by far the #1 fly for Stripers, a fly that 98% of anglers will throw when fishing top water on a floating line with an 8 ft. leader. This is a great combo during the summer months but for spring bass the opposite is the call.
Instead of trying to matching the hatch, throw a crease fly on a 350-grain sinking line with a 4¡¦ leader on a 9wt. The result will be that on the retrieve the crease fly is dragged down by the line on the strip and will float towards the surface on the pause (deadly).
Taking this ill logic one step further is to throw that same combination in skinny water (12 inches or less) resulting in the line dragging the bottom, kicking up sand on the strip, and the fly floating up out of the cloud of freshly stirred up sand on the pause. It drives Bass crazy (not mention Lower Florida Keys Bonefish and Tarpon).
Throwing sinking lines may not sound glamorous, but on a 9wt it¡¦s very comfortable especially on those windy days. As a word of caution when using this technique always remember the one factor that trumps all; If you don¡¦t truly believe in what you are throwing you might as well be matching the hatch.
Capt. Bryan DiLeo
Iowa Fortune Guide Service
www.iowafortune.com
Notice that it doesn¡¦t matter in waht oredr I wirte the ltteers in a wrod, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wtihout any porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe i.e., seeing beyond. Applying that natural talent makes not matching the hatch simple and successful.
The cold water in New Jersey during early spring makes baitfish nearly non-existent. The exception are grass shrimp hatches on the moons-A great hatch and plenty of them, but not on the menu for Bass. Choosing to throw matching shrimp patterns may produce a fish or two, but looking beyond and throwing an imitation of a baitfish that¡¦s not due in for a few months can put you in the game.
Two months out from May in New Jersey „_ peanut bunker „_ crease fly. The crease fly is by far the #1 fly for Stripers, a fly that 98% of anglers will throw when fishing top water on a floating line with an 8 ft. leader. This is a great combo during the summer months but for spring bass the opposite is the call.
Instead of trying to matching the hatch, throw a crease fly on a 350-grain sinking line with a 4¡¦ leader on a 9wt. The result will be that on the retrieve the crease fly is dragged down by the line on the strip and will float towards the surface on the pause (deadly).
Taking this ill logic one step further is to throw that same combination in skinny water (12 inches or less) resulting in the line dragging the bottom, kicking up sand on the strip, and the fly floating up out of the cloud of freshly stirred up sand on the pause. It drives Bass crazy (not mention Lower Florida Keys Bonefish and Tarpon).
Throwing sinking lines may not sound glamorous, but on a 9wt it¡¦s very comfortable especially on those windy days. As a word of caution when using this technique always remember the one factor that trumps all; If you don¡¦t truly believe in what you are throwing you might as well be matching the hatch.
Capt. Bryan DiLeo
Iowa Fortune Guide Service
www.iowafortune.com
