Howdy Listers,
Below is what I posted on my MySpace Blog. Third time out fishing,
same fly rod, same fly, still lots of bluegill, still a big smile on
my face. I think they only thing I've done since I've been fishing
last Friday has been to replace the tippet that came with the leader
I bought and put a straight piece of 5x on instead. I have a big
wind-knot in the braided tapered leader, but I haven't done much with
it other than pull it tight. It seems very up to the task of landing
bluegill all day long and I don't think it's going to see fish much
bigger than what I'm catching now. I'm thinking of hitting it with
some glue, then trimming the stuck loops off. If you're wondering
the fly, it's a Treacle Parkin - a Red Tag with an orange tail instead of red.
Any questions? Comments? Idears?
Garry
Happy Tuesday All!! As most of you know, Tuesdays are the days I
get my oldest daugther after work/school. It was such a nice day
today that I couldn't pass up a walk around the park at the very
least. Burrell Lake Park was the closest park that had a path the
whole way around the lake as well as a small playground for the
girls, as I knew they would want to play some too. During the walk
around the lake, I had spotted a few places where I could see some
bluegill coming to the surface and then fading back into the murky
waters. On the far side of the lake we ran into some teenagers
fishing as well, my oldest decided to tell them where we had found
the fish. I had hoped we would be able to fish them ourselfs, but I
knew the kids heard her and would go looking to see what she was
saying was true. We finished walking around the lake and went to
The Exploder and picked up my fishing gear. As we walked back
towards the spot, I could see the last of the boys walking towards
where I had spotted the most of the bluegill hanging around and as
we rounded the bend in the shore, I could see that the other guys
were already there. Luckily, they had left us a spot where I could
get close enough and the girls had a place to sit. I was able to
flip one of the two rods with out much problem, but it was too tight
for two of us to fish. So I hooked them and the girls got to reel
them in. We caught three bluegill in quick succession. The other
guys where stunned and couldn't believe it. The one kid that was
using worms or parts of them was also getting nibbles, but I'm
pretty sure his hook was too big for the fish he was feeding. I
watched him land one and hook up with two more. Fish four through
seven weren't as easy to hook up with, they took alittle longer to
entice with my fly, but the other guys were getting discouraged with
our success while they were coming up short. Both girls started to
want to touch the fish and put them back in the water. I started
working with the oldest in taking the fish off the hook. By the end
of our short trip, Sarra was able to land a bluegill and take it off
the hook and put it back in the water. Kaity was taking a fish,
giving it a Jimmy Houston kiss (tm), and tossing it back in
herself. They made Daddy really proud today and it didn't hurt that
we outfished 3 times our number with just 1 fly rod and we quit
because it got too easy.
