Change of pace- broke out the flyrod

It had been over 2 years since I had the flyrod out on a smallmouth creek- entirely too long. I decided this afternoon would be as good a time as any to break up the streak. I dusted off the 6 weight and hit the creek around 4:30. The water was low, slow, clear, and hot- far from ideal conditions, but I was there, and I was going to fish. i couldn't hardly buy a bite on top, but finally dug a black popping bug out and landed my first.


About 6:30, the shadows got long and the switch flipped. I hauled this nice one out of a chute in the tail of a pool. Another smaller fish chased it all the way to hand.


A couple casts later into another chute in the tail of the same pool produced the best fish of the evening. It went from my elbow to fingertip and then some- a solid 18"+ brown fish.


These fish weren't hitting, they were eating. I had to dig the fly out of the crushers on just about every fish, even several overly optimistic black perch.

Congratulations on a great afternoon!

very nice. im gonna have to learn to do that, maybe ill check one out this weekend. i wouldnt mind having one when the bluegill hit the mayflies.

That is awesome dude.

I'd be happy with any of those fish. I like the way they seemed to have gotten bigger as the evening went on. Nice job!

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Awesome.

Looks like fun.

congrats

Buzzard Breath":9bu5xlhw said:

I'd be happy with any of those fish. I like the way they seemed to have gotten bigger as the evening went on. Nice job!

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And I certainly was. I ended up with 5 or 6 over 14" by the time it got too dark to wade. The bigger fish just seemed to be staged in feeding positions in every little run. It was one of the best afternoons with the fly rod I've ever had.


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Way to go! My favorite way to fish small creeks and rivers. Don't let the dust build up.....

Great fun! Personbally, I found my catch numbers went way up when I switched to a 10 foot sink tip line with #4 Black or olive Wooly Buggers.

That's a good time right there, nice smallies!

jakeway":399lx8jk said:

Great fun! Personally, I found my catch numbers went way up when I switched to a 10 foot sink tip line with #4 Black or olive Wooly Buggers.

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I tried dragging an olive rabbit strip streamer but didn't turn up anything. A sinking line would have been overkill here, as I couldn't have found belly deep water if i wanted to. And I was having enough trouble managing the floating line after a 2 year layoff.

I've debated getting a sink tip, and probably would, if I was closer to some of the bigger east tn rivers.


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Congrats! Looks like a great day!