North 40 Fly Shop eMagazine July 2016 | Page 57

Pink Candy Tied on a Gamakatsu Salt Water Series #6 hook. Made up of craft fur, crystal flash, flashabou, and living eyes. It only takes 3-4 minutes to tie, and is very effective when fishing for all bass species. I have found pink, olive, and chartreuse to be the best colors for this pattern. When the bass are schooled up like that, three in a row isn’t unusual. The hot fly color changed from day to day. One day it would be pink, the next it was chartreuse, and then it was tan. Most of the white bass were in depths around 10-15 feet, while the spotted bass were only feet from the bank. Spotted bass seem to like brighter colors like pink or chartreuse, and would typically strik