Got in from work late last night but just in time to catch ex- New Yorker now Georgian Henry Cowen on Master's of The Fly. He's known as being an expert on "sodium-free stripers". He moved down south in 1997 and has been there ever since and calls Lake Lanier his home waters.
Henry tied up some flies on MOTF and explained the how and why's of fishing for striped bass in lakes. For him tying on 60 degree jig hook is the way to go for his fishery. He likes the fly movement on these hooks and the high success rate in landing bigger fish on them. His fish are stocked by the Georgia DNR each year. In 2022 they stocked 3.4 million fingerlings which remain lake locked. He fishes this non-tidal water looking mostly for water temps and the fish movement patterns.
He wrote the book, "Fly Fishing for Freshwater Striped Bass" and is available on Amazon HERE. It's a solid book and is a good read for the striped bass fans out there.
It was really good to see and hear Henry as he's has been battled blood cancer the last few years. He was healthy enough to make it out to The Fly Fishing Show in Atlanta this year. Interestingly, today was my cancer lecture, which included leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma. He really had a road to travel down and I'm glad he's doing so well after fighting the hard fight.