Hairstacker
08-08-2008, 02:07 PM
David Lee and I got together and spent a day wet wading a creek and a pond and catching quite a variety of fish on flies, including largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, green sunfish, bluegills, and various hybrids. Didn't catch anything of particular size but still a kick given the light tackle we used and the numbers of cooperative fish.
Here's a picture of David standing in the creek after catching another "spotty" (seemed like everytime I turned around, David was stripping in another fish. 8) ):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/Creek200808-061.jpg
Here's one of the spots David caught in the creek. The picture doesn't do it justice, as it was a very pretty fish in person with its pale blue cheeks:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/Creek200808-062.jpg
We mostly fished the creek with a small size 6-8 crawdad pattern and a little olive sculpin pattern. I also caught some on a size 6 black strymph. Out of the 3, the best pattern by far was the little olive sculpin pattern.
And here's a pretty hybrid David caught in the creek. Once again, the picture just doesn't come near to doing it proper justice, as the vertical lines you see on this fish were actually a very vivid neon blue color:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/Creek200808-063.jpg
Forgot to take any pictures of the pond we fished. The thing was loaded with bluegills and a few small bass and we caught our share using small topwater patterns. I tested a little foam bug I made up and got both bluegills and a small largemouth on it. :D Once again, great fun on light tackle.
Always fun and relaxing to spend a summer day wet wading small waters!
Here's a picture of David standing in the creek after catching another "spotty" (seemed like everytime I turned around, David was stripping in another fish. 8) ):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/Creek200808-061.jpg
Here's one of the spots David caught in the creek. The picture doesn't do it justice, as it was a very pretty fish in person with its pale blue cheeks:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/Creek200808-062.jpg
We mostly fished the creek with a small size 6-8 crawdad pattern and a little olive sculpin pattern. I also caught some on a size 6 black strymph. Out of the 3, the best pattern by far was the little olive sculpin pattern.
And here's a pretty hybrid David caught in the creek. Once again, the picture just doesn't come near to doing it proper justice, as the vertical lines you see on this fish were actually a very vivid neon blue color:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/Creek200808-063.jpg
Forgot to take any pictures of the pond we fished. The thing was loaded with bluegills and a few small bass and we caught our share using small topwater patterns. I tested a little foam bug I made up and got both bluegills and a small largemouth on it. :D Once again, great fun on light tackle.
Always fun and relaxing to spend a summer day wet wading small waters!