My Best Bass on a Fly

[TPO]

Caught my personal best bass on a fly on Sunday. I was float tubing in the Delta using my 4 wt rod and a size 10 rubber legs panfish fly. I don't have a scale in my tube, and the fish was longer than the 18" ruler on my tube, so estimating/eyeballing the length at 21" on-line charts suggest the weight was about 5.5 lbs. Great fish, I had a ball with it on the light rod.



Tom

[Darian]

Congrats on your PB. That's a very nice Bass. Keep up the good work....

[Scott V]

Nice bass, proof that big fish eat small flies.

[Mark Kranhold]

Nice, and what a battle on the #4 stick! Bet that was a kick.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

5# plus bass on a top water fly is a big deal.......very nice.

[TPO]

5# plus bass on a top water fly is a big deal.......very nice.

Well it wasn't a topwater fly, here's a description:

#10 3XL Nymph/Streamer hook
Medium bead chain eyes
Small black chenille body (sometimes weave a little yellow in too)
Yellow Marabou tail
A pair of rubber legs tied in on each side a little behind the eyes (white and/or yellow)