05-02-2004, 05:15 PM
Well I took my two boys and a friend of mine out to a farm pond that I know of yesterday evening for some fly fishing for trout and it turned out to be one of the funnest (is that a word?) days fishing I've had for a while. First my ten year old son caught the first fish of the day (18" rainbow) on a dry fly that he tied himself. That was his first fish on a fly he tied by himself.
Later on I was fishing a Chernobyl (sp?) ant with a nymph dropper and had a fish take the dry and while fighting it another fish took the nymph. That's the fourth time in my life that's happened. Even more surprising was that they were Bluegill which I've never caught there before.
The best part however was that after it got dark the moon was so bright that we could see well enough to keep fishing and killed them stripping woolly buggers. What a blast casting by feel and then waiting for the the fish to slam the fly in the dark! One fish exploded on my fly as soon as it hit the water against the far bank. I caught all of my fish on a bugger with a copper body and black tail but I don't know if color mattered much. My friend also caught a LM Bass at this time which was another surprise.
Catching big hard fighting fish by the light of the stars and moon and the serenade of Cranes and frogs on a warm spring night......it doesn't get much better.
FM
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Later on I was fishing a Chernobyl (sp?) ant with a nymph dropper and had a fish take the dry and while fighting it another fish took the nymph. That's the fourth time in my life that's happened. Even more surprising was that they were Bluegill which I've never caught there before.
The best part however was that after it got dark the moon was so bright that we could see well enough to keep fishing and killed them stripping woolly buggers. What a blast casting by feel and then waiting for the the fish to slam the fly in the dark! One fish exploded on my fly as soon as it hit the water against the far bank. I caught all of my fish on a bugger with a copper body and black tail but I don't know if color mattered much. My friend also caught a LM Bass at this time which was another surprise.
Catching big hard fighting fish by the light of the stars and moon and the serenade of Cranes and frogs on a warm spring night......it doesn't get much better.
FM
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