jbird
03-14-2007, 09:58 PM
I spent about 2 hours today at the private pond I fish sometimes. I started with a dry dragonfly nymph. I know it sounds strange but its a cool fly, i posted it in fly tying a few months ago. I caught 4 fish on the surface with it. I went to a wooly bugger when the surface fun quit and got another half dozen before they stopped biting it. I went thru alot of different flies, got some inquisitive looks by some fish but couldnt find the right fly. The jpig got 1 fish. The fish were pretty tempermental. They spooked very easy, but if they were laid up and comfortable, they ate pretty aggressivly. Finally, i put on a #12 black ant wet. They really liked this fly, I found a school of smaller 8-10" fish and as long as I kept my cast on the perimeter of the school, I could pick one off on every cast without spooking the rest of em.
Then I was walking down the bank and saw a large dark shape slowly moving toward me, I threw my little ant in front and just out from him, he turned and inhaled it, just like a good fish should. I fought this fish for a good while on my 5wt with my little reel playing its happy tune. I slid the fish onto shore, grabbed him by the lip and as I went for the camera, he houdini-ed right out of my hand and into the water...no picture...sorry.
I snapped a picture of the first couple smaller ones. The smaller fish are really pretty!
Oddly, every fish I landed held its mouth wide open the whole time out of the water, I've never seen them do that before.
Jay
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Then I was walking down the bank and saw a large dark shape slowly moving toward me, I threw my little ant in front and just out from him, he turned and inhaled it, just like a good fish should. I fought this fish for a good while on my 5wt with my little reel playing its happy tune. I slid the fish onto shore, grabbed him by the lip and as I went for the camera, he houdini-ed right out of my hand and into the water...no picture...sorry.
I snapped a picture of the first couple smaller ones. The smaller fish are really pretty!
Oddly, every fish I landed held its mouth wide open the whole time out of the water, I've never seen them do that before.
Jay
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/DSC00176.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/DSC00177.jpg