As many of you already know the white bass are in pretty thick right now in the Maumee. For us fly anglers it seems the big trick is (no surprise) water clarity and hitting it on a day when there actually is some.  Mike and I hit it last Friday and there was 4-6″ of visibility. Needless to say, if you werent drifting minnows you weren’t doing too well. Mike went back to the Maumee last night to find a river that had dropped and cleared significantly and proceeded to hammer ‘em.

White bass flies are pretty simple… almost anything white. Clousers and other bucktail patterns with some flash should work well. Maumee Bait and Tackle gives them a few more weeks until they head back out to the lake so get out there and enjoy before they’re gone.