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03-11-2014, 09:06 AM
Three bobber fishermen descended onto Pyramid lake on Saturday. Dropped off the wife in Sparks for some shiopping and the boys headed to the lake to stare at bobbers.
Got there around 2pm and was pleasantly surprised to see some of the rocks unoccupied. So we staked one out and rigged up. Set-up the little dude with a 4wt and a midge/nymph combo rig. We all decided that the orange thingamabobber was the lucky color today. Casted the 4wt out, handed it off to the little guy and proceeded to rig up his older brother's 5wt. As I was tying on the flies, I heard the sweet sound of the fly line ripping out of the water during the hookset.
And just like that, he's hooked up. All the time we spent bobber fishing for panfish came into play today :D
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/mar224177/DSC_2066b_zpsa75c2c6f.jpg (http://s255.photobucket.com/user/mar224177/media/DSC_2066b_zpsa75c2c6f.jpg.html)
First ever Pyramid cutt hooked and landed all by himself:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/mar224177/DSC_2071b_zpsb3c064ce.jpg (http://s255.photobucket.com/user/mar224177/media/DSC_2071b_zpsb3c064ce.jpg.html)
A few minutes later, his older brother got a solid takedown but was late on the hookset. Re-cast and got another solid take close to shore. It was one of those 'where is your bobber' moments. The fish pretty much hooked itself:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/mar224177/DSC_2075b_zps188e4120.jpg (http://s255.photobucket.com/user/mar224177/media/DSC_2075b_zps188e4120.jpg.html)
Slightly bigger fish.
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/mar224177/DSC_2080b_zps2c97762a.jpg (http://s255.photobucket.com/user/mar224177/media/DSC_2080b_zps2c97762a.jpg.html)
Then the light breeze died down, lake was calm and the bite slowed down. As expected, they got bored quick. Might as well smash some rocks:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/mar224177/DSC_2084b_zps79f719d8.jpg (http://s255.photobucket.com/user/mar224177/media/DSC_2084b_zps79f719d8.jpg.html)
I kept on fishing for the next hour or so. Got 2 takedowns and missed them both. Called it quits after 2 hours on the water. Dad got skunked and the kids caught fish. I was reminded of that fact during the whole drive home. Fun times.
Got there around 2pm and was pleasantly surprised to see some of the rocks unoccupied. So we staked one out and rigged up. Set-up the little dude with a 4wt and a midge/nymph combo rig. We all decided that the orange thingamabobber was the lucky color today. Casted the 4wt out, handed it off to the little guy and proceeded to rig up his older brother's 5wt. As I was tying on the flies, I heard the sweet sound of the fly line ripping out of the water during the hookset.
And just like that, he's hooked up. All the time we spent bobber fishing for panfish came into play today :D
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/mar224177/DSC_2066b_zpsa75c2c6f.jpg (http://s255.photobucket.com/user/mar224177/media/DSC_2066b_zpsa75c2c6f.jpg.html)
First ever Pyramid cutt hooked and landed all by himself:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/mar224177/DSC_2071b_zpsb3c064ce.jpg (http://s255.photobucket.com/user/mar224177/media/DSC_2071b_zpsb3c064ce.jpg.html)
A few minutes later, his older brother got a solid takedown but was late on the hookset. Re-cast and got another solid take close to shore. It was one of those 'where is your bobber' moments. The fish pretty much hooked itself:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/mar224177/DSC_2075b_zps188e4120.jpg (http://s255.photobucket.com/user/mar224177/media/DSC_2075b_zps188e4120.jpg.html)
Slightly bigger fish.
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/mar224177/DSC_2080b_zps2c97762a.jpg (http://s255.photobucket.com/user/mar224177/media/DSC_2080b_zps2c97762a.jpg.html)
Then the light breeze died down, lake was calm and the bite slowed down. As expected, they got bored quick. Might as well smash some rocks:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/mar224177/DSC_2084b_zps79f719d8.jpg (http://s255.photobucket.com/user/mar224177/media/DSC_2084b_zps79f719d8.jpg.html)
I kept on fishing for the next hour or so. Got 2 takedowns and missed them both. Called it quits after 2 hours on the water. Dad got skunked and the kids caught fish. I was reminded of that fact during the whole drive home. Fun times.