In order to know what to do to catch more and bigger fish, we would need to know what you are currently doing. If you give us this information, then we can make suggestions for possible improvement.
So, how are you going about fishing for the largemouth right now?
Yup, I'm sure it will. It actually may already have happened when I was a kid and I don't remember. I used to fish size 6 Hornbergs for years and years as my only real bass fly.
I did get a 2-3 pound pickerel on a size 6 hornberg a couple of years ago. I guess it was really hungry...
The biggest largemouth I ever took on any tackle was a 9#+ old girl on a #10 Black Wolly bugger and a 2 wt. ( Didn't have a scale so had to measure and estimate befor releasing her.) It was arguably a fluke and a lifetime achievemnt. Still, I have found that , while there are exceptions, bigger lures/baits generally produce bigger (if not less) bass. I generally stick to #10-6 flies for bass fishing where smallies and largemouths are mixed and where rocks are teh main structure. Mainly because the environment (i.e mostly free of weeds /brush) allows me to use lighter 4-6wt tackle that matches the 1-3# average fish better. If, I'm targetting bigger largemouth and/or in cover/ weedy ponds, I generally move up to a 7 or 8 wt and throw flies in the 2-2/0 range. Ocasionally, I go even a little larger. IMHO, there are few things as beautiful in this world as a big bass blowing up on a hamster sized deer hair topwater bug :smokin:
You are lucky to live in FL (12Mo bass fishing). Practice! Practice! Practice! I picked up a canoe which improves results. Kayak would do too. Start tying your own flies. Buy some and use as masters to copy.
I have found that a frog patterned popper has done well for me the past several year. Look for one on a #6 hook seems to be a good combination. I have caught hundreds of fish on this pattern. I have 1 ~ 11lbs that I took from Lake Jackson in Sebring, and several in the 5-7 lb range that I caught in Lake Huckleberry this past spring. You will also find that bluegill like this pattern and the occasional crappie when they are up in the lily pads. If you are in a clear enough lake to wade, just move slow and put your fly anywhere you can find a little cover. I have also found that as the water heats up, any storm runoff you can find holds a lot of fish at surprising sizes. Good luck!
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