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mojo rod deskunked.. :-) - macfly55 - 09-26-2010 I have a custom made switch rod that until today had not caught a fish.. it was starting to irritate me so I took advantage of a chance to hit the water and fish it again.. The water is a smallish reservoir close to my house.. once I decided on the part of the shoreline I wanted to fish I got everything set up and settled in for a morning of fishing.. Soon after I got there the water started churning up with one boil after the other ... it was amazing to watch.. I tried several flies including renegades, pt nymphs, a minnow patter that Joni sent me this past summer.. had several fish show interest but nothing.. I decided to tie on a dark colore Ray Charles that I got in a recent fly swap.. cast it out and saw several fish show a lot of interest.. as I was bringing in my fly off the second or third cast I saw a flash of a fish go after the fly.. it did not look like he had hit it so I kept bringing the fly in.. as I started to cast again I realized that the flash of fish had actually gotten hooked.. :-).. in fact I almost cast him out as live bait.. He was very small but a fish is a fish and the skunk disappeared from my rod.. Here is a picture of the little guy.. [center][inline "deskunking fish.jpg"] [signature] Re: [macfly55] mojo rod deskunked.. :-) - cpierce - 09-26-2010 Hey, I have caught several of his buddies this fall! Looked just like him. I managed to backcast a couple of them before I realized they were along for the ride. I think it is the new "dare" among the yearlings --- seeing who can grab on for the ride. Kids go figure!! [signature] Re: [cpierce] mojo rod deskunked.. :-) - macfly55 - 09-26-2010 LMAO... exactly .. these new kid fishies are just too daring... once back in the water he took off to brag... LOL.. Im just glad he deskunked my rod.. [sly] MacFly [cool] [signature] Re: [macfly55] mojo rod deskunked.. :-) - Dryrod - 09-26-2010 [center][font "Comic Sans MS"][#008000][]Way to go Mac, now you can go after it's parents. BTW is your custom a 7 wt? lol[/#008000][/font] [signature] Re: [Dryrod] mojo rod deskunked.. :-) - macfly55 - 09-26-2010 its a 6wt... lol.. way tooooo much rod for this little guy.. as I said I almost cast him as live bait on my fly... [sly] MacFly [cool] [signature] Re: [macfly55] mojo rod deskunked.. :-) - peter805 - 09-27-2010 Hey, its all good ! Fish is a fish just like you said. The bottom line is that you got to go out and do a little fly fishing. Better then sit at home .[] Congrats on deskunking the rod. Peter [signature] Re: [macfly55] mojo rod deskunked.. :-) - flygoddess - 09-27-2010 That same fish on this new Sage...s you bought is going to feel awesome. [signature] Re: [flygoddess] mojo rod deskunked.. :-) - macfly55 - 09-27-2010 I know.. I just have to be patient .. for now.. [].. but cant wait to fish with those rods.. :-) MacFly [signature] Re: [peter805] mojo rod deskunked.. :-) - macfly55 - 09-27-2010 thanks amigo.. its taken a while but its done.. and it does feel good.. Saturday was one of those days where the wife said why dont you go fishing while I go to my meeting.. lol.. dont have to ask me twice on that.. :-) MacFly [cool] [signature] Re: [macfly55] mojo rod deskunked.. :-) - peter805 - 09-28-2010 [quote macfly55]thanks amigo.. its taken a while but its done.. and it does feel good.. Saturday was one of those days where the wife said why dont you go fishing while I go to my meeting.. lol.. dont have to ask me twice on that.. :-) MacFly [cool][/quote] Copy that my friend . [] [signature] Re: [peter805] mojo rod deskunked.. :-) - macfly55 - 09-28-2010 its rare.. so gots to take advantage when I can... :-) [signature]