Fly fishing permits the angler a better variety of food imitations. Spotting a good bass hiding spot is the 1st step in successful bass fishing. Fallen logs or weedy areas will supply cover for the scared lunker. Often times bass can be spotted by the careful observer, in clear water bass will appear green to pale olive across the back and white to pale yellow in the belly. In some areas a partner system will be advantageous with one angler standing above the water to offer a bird's eye view. Float tubes may also be beneficial permitting an angler to cover a large amount of water in shorter period of time, though you give up some of the benefits of sight angling.
The following is an excerpt from Practical Fly Fishing, by Larry St John ( 1920 ).
The ideal way to fish a bass stream, if its depth and bottom will permit, is to wade. It's all the charm of trout fishing and all of its thrills and rarely is so lonesome since plenty of our bass streams are in settled districts.
One reason I suspect bass fly fishermen are not as often successful as their trout fishing brethren is usually because the bass fisher, as a class, hasn't put as much study into his waters and his strategies. This isn't to be wondered at when you remember that fly fishing for bass is, compared to trouting, in its first tooth stage. If you permitted the fly to 'pop' on landing and have a pleasant bass picked out, often times this all that is required for the bucketmouth to breathe your offering. ( halibut ) is about selling flies, so you did not think we'd forget that did you. Then there are the divers, that float and then sink when you retrieve them, like the Dahlberg divers.
Additionally for those hot days or massive reservoirs, there are sculpins and leeches, that like bass will seek deep water.
Fishing for halibut
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