04-12-2010, 04:21 AM
Saturday morning I got a chance to go to a local lake and wet a line.. I decided to take my new 3/4 wt rod and reel...
the lake is a very small lake in the middle of a housing community but is open to the public...
I chose a spot on the rocks near a large bed of reeds..
I tied on a small chartruesue wb but got nothing.. just a lot of practice roll casting.. :-)..
I switched to a dark red wb and again nothing but casting practice..
I then tied on a # 10 renegade ... and started roll casting again.. I was roll casting out near the reeds and then would let the fly settle .. once it settled I gave the line a very light tug so that it drifted back toward me..
I did this three or four times when I noticed my line inch forward slightly.. I lifted my rod and pulled on the line it was fish on.. [
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After a short but hard fight I landed a decent sized bluegill.. it was about 7 - 8 inches long and kind of chubby..
That was the only fish I caught all morning but it was worth the time on the water..
Even though I had my camera on me I did not get a picture.. I had not checked to see that the hook was debarbed so it took some time to correct that.. since I was concerned about the time I had the fish out of water I decided against the picture...
All in all it was a good morning ...
MacFly [cool]
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the lake is a very small lake in the middle of a housing community but is open to the public...
I chose a spot on the rocks near a large bed of reeds..
I tied on a small chartruesue wb but got nothing.. just a lot of practice roll casting.. :-)..
I switched to a dark red wb and again nothing but casting practice..
I then tied on a # 10 renegade ... and started roll casting again.. I was roll casting out near the reeds and then would let the fly settle .. once it settled I gave the line a very light tug so that it drifted back toward me..
I did this three or four times when I noticed my line inch forward slightly.. I lifted my rod and pulled on the line it was fish on.. [
]... After a short but hard fight I landed a decent sized bluegill.. it was about 7 - 8 inches long and kind of chubby..
That was the only fish I caught all morning but it was worth the time on the water..
Even though I had my camera on me I did not get a picture.. I had not checked to see that the hook was debarbed so it took some time to correct that.. since I was concerned about the time I had the fish out of water I decided against the picture...
All in all it was a good morning ...
MacFly [cool]
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