Topwater fly fishing for bass | Saltwater Fly Fishing UK

The bass season has been a great one so far, thinking back to this time just last year I hadn't caught a single fish but this year has been very different. A lot of that is down to me having more knowledge of my marks and experience than I did this time last year and I'm feeling like the hard work and blank sessions are paying off.

In this video I continue my search for bass on the fly on the UK South Coast. Having caught a couple of nice fish on Clouser Minnow flies I decide that now things are warming up a bit, it's time to try and get one on a topwater.

I've caught a couple of bass before on a topwater fly called a Gurgler. I recently tied up a couple of my own and have been keen to get that bass smash! I explore some new marks and some more familiar in the hunt for the surface bite and it all comes good in the end with some exciting bass action, stalking a fish that gives away it's presence smashing bait fish on the surface.

My bass fishing has been all the more enjoyable this season as I have opted to use my Fortitude Rod Co Ogawa S-Glass rod that I build last Autumn for pike. It makes a great bass rod, fitted out with saltwater resisitant hardware, it's great fun for close quarters bass fly fishing.

It may be a couple of weeks before I get fishing again but I am absolutely buzzing for more bass surface bites, but I do also want to get into some mullet soon, it's going to be hard to give the bass a break!

Tight lines and I'll see you in the next one.