Saturday morning my fishing buddy (Ron Foreman) and I went fishing on the east fork of the Calcasieu River. We werre on the water by 7:15 am. Ron had one hit about 9:00 am. Then nothing until 11:00 am. I had used just about everything reasolnable in my flyboxes, when I saw soem very small spoon flies I had made for small ladyfish (usually I fish those in Contraband Bayou behind the builkding I work in). These are very samll, size 10. I caught 2 juvenile bass (the biffest was 9") and a large bluegill. Ron switched to a size 6 spoon fly, and got three hits, but he was striking too fast...I saw himull the fly outn of the mouth of the first bass while it jumped, and a second that hit right by the boat. I found it interesting that the effective fly ended up being something usually considered a saltwater fly.
It was ahard trip on flyrods though. A dangling cord from a cypress tree tangled around the tip of one of Ron's rods and broke six inches off the tip. I had brought my graphite 7 wt and my 5 wt bamboo fly rod. Toward the end of the trip I picked up the bamboo rod and realized that the tip between the last guide and the tiptop had completely delaminated. (Damage from sitting inside a house over 100 degree and 95?% humidity for 3 weeks while we evacuated for Hurricane Rita? Who knows?) Now I need to see if I can find my resorcinol glue to make repairs or find a source for some new stuff in Lake Charles.
This fishing report is more encouraging than mine from last week about Sam Houston Jones State park (on the west fork of the Calcasieu River.
Mark Delaney
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"So much water, so little time!"
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