jbird
06-17-2014, 06:52 PM
I was fishing a very shallow, swift riffle in a huge river today. I was seeing some big fins and tails appear above the surface and then go back down. Almost like tailing red fish but in a riffle. I had about an 8" Musky fly on tied with bucktail. So in the swift water it was waking in the surface film. Wham! A huge top water strike! I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it.
Top water cat! around 7-8#
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/WP_20140617_005_zps3b8f6b89.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/jbird35/media/WP_20140617_005_zps3b8f6b89.jpg.html)
Not long after, another huge grab.
That's more like it :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/WP_20140617_002_zps77aac6d8.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/jbird35/media/WP_20140617_002_zps77aac6d8.jpg.html)
Top water cat! around 7-8#
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/WP_20140617_005_zps3b8f6b89.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/jbird35/media/WP_20140617_005_zps3b8f6b89.jpg.html)
Not long after, another huge grab.
That's more like it :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/WP_20140617_002_zps77aac6d8.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/jbird35/media/WP_20140617_002_zps77aac6d8.jpg.html)