Taking the advise of many on the list, I tied up some size 14 wooly buggers in olive and in yellow with a brown tail. Today I caught my first fish on a wooly bugger (not my first fish, but the first on a wooly bugger).
It was a 12 inch L.M. bass on a 14 bugger and a 6x tippet. Some fun. It was in a lake. The water was cloudy, but glass slick. No waves. I cast the fly about 2 feet from a log and brought it back slowly. Of course this was a place required by law to have a bass lurking under it. And it worked just like in the book. That fish charged the fly kicking up a wake. Grabbed it and dove straight down. All of the action was deep under water. Good fish. Which brings up a thought. Why would a fish waste that much energy on such a small meal? Why do fish go for small flies? They seem to go for the small fly in preference to other foods floating around. Of course we can't think like a fish, and so won't know the answer. Just a thought. --- Steve, In Maryland ____________________________________________________________ Enter now for a chance to win a 42" Plasma Television! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;6413623;3807821;f?http://mocda1.com/1/c/563632/113422/313631/313631 AOL users go here: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;6413623;3807821;f?http://mocda1.com/1/c/563632/113422/313631/313631 This offer applies to U.S. Residents Only
