Thread: Catfish on the fly

I went to a local reservoir yesterday evening to try for some catfish. We caught them there around this time last year, so decided to give it a try.

We also caught a few smaller ones.
Steve

Damn Okie, hell of a job! tell us about the fly you used and how you used it

jiggy,
They were caught on a fly created by Terry Wilson called the "Bluegill Bugger". I fished it about 3 1/2 feet under a strike indicator, letting it bounce around on the waves created by the wind. Here's a pic of the fly
The Bluegill Pond - Bluegill Bugger - Black (Powered by CubeCart)

Steve

Nice mess of cats, thanks for the pic`s and info.......... would never have thought you could catch cats on a fly

That's not all Steve catches. He catches Spoonbills (or whatever the prehistoric things are called) too or maybe I should say he snags Spoonbills. But I doubt he eats those things. Nice going, Steve. Fried Catfish are good eating.

Robert,
I have eaten Spoonbill, aka Paddlefish, from the Neosho River, but I wouldn't anything from the Arkansas River here in Tulsa. The catfish came from Lake Yahola in Mohawk Park. I'm having some of them for dinner tonight.
Steve

This year during my winter trip to ARK. to a lake I have fished for years I caught several channel cats using a wet fly (sinking muddler minnow). Most in the 2-3 lb range, largest I got up to the surface looked to be 5 lbs, but my tippet gave out. I never hooked catfish in this lake until this year?

I use a leach pattern while fly fishing for channel catfish in Black or Olive green or brown.

After a slow start to cat on the fly this year been playing catch up with black beadhead muddlers. In free running smallie streams.

I have fly fished a little but I am not that good at fly fishing. I would amagine catching those cat fish would be a real eye opener and lots of fun.