Man, were the floaters out today. One of today's highlights was running into a kayak angler who was fly fishing for the first time. He had one it those rigid 6 wgt outfits from Walmart and a pretty good selection of streamers from Cabela's jammed into a small Solo container. He asked for some tips and if he had a good selection of flies. Up to that point, I had caught all 10 or so smallmouth on a chartreuse Lil' Debil. It's a small panfish fly made from soft plastic. So, I told him to try a chartreuse streamer.
I took out my new fiberglass Panfish on the Fly rod in the hopes of christening it with some fat panfish. And of course, I started catching smallmouth bass. The rod is 6'3" 3/4 wgt and provided an amazing experience fighting those smallmouth bass in the riffles. This is the first glass fly rod that I have casted in ages.
Today was a beautiful day in which I not only spoke with floaters and fisherman but was delighted to smell hot dogs and burgers being cooked at a nearby camp.
Good looking Smallies, such a blast on the fly.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I do what I can wading. Been scouting new spots. Only had panfish flies.
DeleteI can only imagine how great it felt to hook up with any size Smallmouth on that light weight glass rod. Dreams are made of stuff like that!
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