Fly Fisherman Discovers the Energy of the Black Ant Fly

Terry Aucoin from Denham Springs, LA, recollects a memorable fishing expertise as vividly as if it had been yesterday. He was kayaking on Grey’s Creek in Prairieville, LA, when he started listening to popping noises on the water’s floor. “I knew it was bream feeding on one thing, however I wasn’t positive what,” he stated. Aucoin paddled nearer to the cypress-laden shallows the place the commotion originated and noticed a cypress tree trunk teeming with black ants. “I watched these ants intently; each time one ventured near the water, a bluegill would leap up and knock it into the water,” he recounted.

An avid fly fisherman with over a decade of expertise in tying his personal flies, Aucoin’s thoughts began racing after witnessing this pure spectacle. Later that week, he bought provides and tied a brand new fly sample impressed by the ants. “I aimed to duplicate these black ants falling into the water as a result of I knew the bluegills had been eagerly feeding on them,” Aucoin defined.

Beginning with a fabric known as Fettucini Foam, which he ordered on-line, he threaded a small ant-sized piece onto a #12 hook and thoroughly wrapped black thread across the foam. Simply earlier than ending the fly, he added just a few strands of crimson thread round a chunk of crimson foam. “The crimson dot helps me monitor the fly when it’s on the water’s floor,” he famous.

After crafting a number of of those flies, he headed again to the creek to check them out. “I solid my first ant, and it didn’t take lengthy earlier than I heard that acquainted popping sound,” he stated. “A bluegill slurped my fly down, and I set the hook.” All through the day, Aucoin caught over 50 fish, predominantly bluegills, by casting close to each cypress tree and observing floor exercise.

Impressed by the fly’s effectiveness, Aucoin continued tying the black ant sample all through the summer time. It rapidly turned his favourite fly for catching bream. “I’ve been eagerly awaiting summer time to make use of the black ant fly once more,” he enthused.

Keith Lusher

Keith Lusher is an award successful outside journalist that resides in Covington, Louisiana. He owns and operates NorthshoreFishingReport.com and writes a weekly outside column for the Slidell Impartial Newspaper. He additionally writes for the St.Tammany Parish Tourism Fee’s VisitTheNorthshore.com. He’s the previous host of The Northshore Fishing Report Radio Present and is on the board of the Louisiana Out of doors Writers Affiliation. Keith contributes to quite a few publications each on-line and in print and prides himself on selling South Louisiana’s distinctive fishery. To contact Keith electronic mail: keithlusherjr@gmail.com