Fly fished the Delta this morning out of the inflatable kayak with my 7wt. rod. It was a beautiful day out there with almost no wind and the water was 74 degrees. Fished topwater exclusively with deerhair divers and got into a few. Here's the 1st one I caught that was just shy of 19":
Good, strong fish. I had tossed the fly in front of some dead tules laying in the water and didn't get anything after a few strips. It was such a fishy-looking spot, though, I cast a second time (which I don't often do) and got her after the first strip. Here's a picture of the tules I'm talking about:
Got a few others here and there, nothing of any size, until I picked up this one that went 17 1/2":
This was a really fun fish, as it fought harder than the 1st one, which fought plenty. All in all, a great day to be on the Delta. So glad it's ON again.
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