Re: [VFB] Fishing report

[DonO]

Chuck, That chili-pepper is a fish-catching fly, for sure.  Good going- sounds like fun.   For surface-feeding carp, I've had much better success casting where I think the carp are heading and just let the fly rest until one carp gets there.  The slightest twitch may be too much for them, as they are feeding on drowned insects- at least in my experience with them.  Casting past them or beyond them runs the risk of leader-spooking them.  Use flourocarbon tippet material, too.  Smaller dry or surface-film flies are best, size 14 or smaller on a forged hook for strength.  Make sure it's very sharp, too.  Micro-barb is good- easier penetration.   For tailing carp (bottom-feeding in shallow water), I like to cast the fly in front again, let it sink to the bottom, then twitch it as the carp approaches it.   Are the pics you took digital?  Can you email them?   DonO     ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck Alexander To: vfb@troutnet.com Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 9:53 PM Subject: [VFB] Fishing report My 11 yr old son and I went fishing this afternoon, for about 2 1/2 hours at a local lake at a City Park... We caught and released (just took some pics) all of them, but we each caught 5-6 smaller than hand sized brim, We each caught two 1-1/4 pound Largemouth Bass, I caught one hand sized bluegill, and I caught a Shell Cracker brim that was 10 1/2" long, and weighed in at 15 oz... That thing was full of eggs and was two inches thick across the belly, and 1 1/4 thick at the dorsel fin.. It would turn sideways in the water, and if felt like a hubcap in the water.. and with the exception of the Bluegill I caught being caught on a Black Widow Spider I tied, ALL the rest were caught on............ Drum Roll.......................... Tony's Chili Pepper Pattern.... Man that was fun, Going BACK tomorrow in fact....I saw some 2 1/2'-3' Carp, and cast over them, then slow retrieved right by them, but they just spooked....Never could get one to bite...Chuck   And I have Miles To Go Before I Sleep.... And Miles To Go Before I Sleep................                                    Robert Frost.............