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hey, what are the best topwater and diving lures and flies for red fish

Goldspoon flies and blue and white clousers seem to be pretty popular for Reds.

Search on here for reports from Noleflyfisher - he seems to be the most avid fly fisherman on here and has good reports.

Thanks I'll be trying it out soon!!!

For the topwater lures, I've been catching reds mostly on MirrOLure TopDog Jrs. and 7Ms, and Rapala Skitter Walks. Chrome, red/yellow, red/white and speckled trout have all been productive colors, but I don't think color really matters much. Particularly with a topwater where the fish is below it looking up at it.

For flies I don't really know.

Flies: Clouser's are hard to beat as an all around pattern. I like a sparsely tied chartreuse over white with small dumbell eyes. Orange and white is another good color combo. If the fish are playing hard to get (or if sheepshead are on the flat), I like to use an olive and brown Mangrove Critter with an orange egg sack or a crab pattern like a Merkin or McCrab. When fishing a crab or mangrove critter the key is to fish it slow or let it sit and give it a twitch when the fish is on top of it. Other flies that'll work are spoon flies, Kwans, bendbacks, seaducers, and an all black leech (believe it or not). 90% of my fish are caught on a Clouser or Mangrove Critter (because one or the other is on my rod 90% of the time).

Lures: If I'm sightfishing, I like a texas rigged jerkworm (new penny). If the wind is up or if I am blind casting, I'll use a clear or niteglow doa. A lot of folks like to fish gold spoons and Wevans catches a bunch on top water.

Good luck.

thanks for all the information

Birddog likes a gold spoon.

tin can wrote:Birddog likes a gold spoon.

You know it, Partner

1/2 oz. weedless gold spoon.

Spoons are for feeding babies.....I'll take an ole jig any day...

Chalk wrote:Spoons are for feeding babies.....I'll take an ole jig any day...

Too slow. You might as well be fishing with a live shrimp and a cork

I've caught some pretty big babies on spoons

rocket wrote:I've caught some pretty big babies on spoons

Go man Go! You tell him, Rocket.

birddog wrote: Too slow. You might as well be fishing with a live shrimp and a cork

Out of our last three trips what put the first red in the boat, spoon man...

I believe the score is Chalk 2 reds on a jig and Birddog 1 red on a spoon....

sounds good