04-21-2015, 11:20 PM
[#0000FF]A 5 or 6 weight will handle almost anything in that lake...if you have plenty of backing. Actually, a 4 weight should be a blast on the crappies. Only thing is that those silly wipers don't unnerstan that they are too big to play on a 4...and they can tear up your gear.
I just made a 7 weight...not so much for fishing crappies at Willard but for throwing bigger flies for bigger fish of several species. It is tough to punch out a big tandem bugger on a wimpy rod. Almost as tough as trying to fight a fish big enough to eat it.
Glad to hear you got to play with some crappies.
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I just made a 7 weight...not so much for fishing crappies at Willard but for throwing bigger flies for bigger fish of several species. It is tough to punch out a big tandem bugger on a wimpy rod. Almost as tough as trying to fight a fish big enough to eat it.
Glad to hear you got to play with some crappies.
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