Hairstacker
07-11-2005, 12:39 AM
Hi all! My buddy and fellow board member David Lee very kindly (and thoroughly) introduced me to a cute little creek in urban Shangra-La today for some wet wading for creek bass! 8) 8) 8) The place was INFESTED with 'em. :D Caught a mess of smallmouth bass, spotted bass, and about a half dozen green sunfish. Between the two of us, we probably landed all told between 50 - 60 fish and dropped others. David tied up and shared with me some new cone-headed mohair style leeches of his own design (among a half dozen different patterns he had tied and placed in my outstretched palm for me to keep 8) 8) 8) ) that the fish just COULDN'T get enough of. I also caught a couple of good ones on an olive beadhead woolly bugger (note for Darian :lol: ), and David tossed his awesome Bugskin Craw for a little while.
At one point, I was untangling a knot in my leader while David called out 6 fish, one at a time, just before he cast to and landed each one in quick succession. :shock: Also, I must say, fishing gets quite a bit easier and more focused when you're lucky enough to have a professional like David with you who can call out each unseen fish sitting next to a ledge, rock, tree stump, what have you. He knew where they ALL would be! :shock: 8) Needless to say, I learned a ton from David today, as I always seem to do when I'm around him. 8) 8) 8)
Most ranged in size from 6" - 10." Feisty little buggers and just a lot of fun on a light fly rod!
Here's a picture of David with one 'em:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/f.jpg
Here's a picture of David with another:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/a.jpg
Here's a picture of David fighting a nice one (check out the bend in the rod!):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/g.jpg
Here's a picture of me with one of 'em:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/100_1583.jpg
Here's a close-up of one of these pretty fish:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/100_1576.jpg
On the way back to the car, David was kind enough to demonstrate how to sight-fish and work a Bugskin Craw while employing an innovative, vertical casting technique:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/100_1584.jpg
After an amazing 40 foot vertical cast to a sighted smallie, you can see him demonstating how to set the hook in this picture. As David reeled the fish in 40 feet upward, no doubt this fish thought he was ascending to meet his maker :lol: :
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/100_1585.jpg
Of course, the sequence wouldn't be complete without a shot of him RELEASING the fish, which is what we did with all of 'em we caught today:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/100_1586.jpg
I had a BLAST, and I couldn't have wished for better company! :D Once again, a real treat hitting the water with David, as anyone who has done so knows only too well. Thanks a bunch David, we must definitely do this again REAL SOON! :D
P.S. For the life of me, I can't figure out why the 1st and 3rd picture above are smaller than the rest -- I uploaded them 4 times and got the same results. Even tried increasing their size bigger than the rest. . . . :(
At one point, I was untangling a knot in my leader while David called out 6 fish, one at a time, just before he cast to and landed each one in quick succession. :shock: Also, I must say, fishing gets quite a bit easier and more focused when you're lucky enough to have a professional like David with you who can call out each unseen fish sitting next to a ledge, rock, tree stump, what have you. He knew where they ALL would be! :shock: 8) Needless to say, I learned a ton from David today, as I always seem to do when I'm around him. 8) 8) 8)
Most ranged in size from 6" - 10." Feisty little buggers and just a lot of fun on a light fly rod!
Here's a picture of David with one 'em:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/f.jpg
Here's a picture of David with another:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/a.jpg
Here's a picture of David fighting a nice one (check out the bend in the rod!):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/g.jpg
Here's a picture of me with one of 'em:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/100_1583.jpg
Here's a close-up of one of these pretty fish:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/100_1576.jpg
On the way back to the car, David was kind enough to demonstrate how to sight-fish and work a Bugskin Craw while employing an innovative, vertical casting technique:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/100_1584.jpg
After an amazing 40 foot vertical cast to a sighted smallie, you can see him demonstating how to set the hook in this picture. As David reeled the fish in 40 feet upward, no doubt this fish thought he was ascending to meet his maker :lol: :
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/100_1585.jpg
Of course, the sequence wouldn't be complete without a shot of him RELEASING the fish, which is what we did with all of 'em we caught today:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/100_1586.jpg
I had a BLAST, and I couldn't have wished for better company! :D Once again, a real treat hitting the water with David, as anyone who has done so knows only too well. Thanks a bunch David, we must definitely do this again REAL SOON! :D
P.S. For the life of me, I can't figure out why the 1st and 3rd picture above are smaller than the rest -- I uploaded them 4 times and got the same results. Even tried increasing their size bigger than the rest. . . . :(