Spurchaser
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So y’all know I got into fly fishing and experienced trout fishing (can’t call yourself a fly fisherman if you can’t catch trout) and I’ve been itching to head back to N Ga to try it again.
Well yesterday while throwing streamers for bass I noticed the bream were quite active. So, seeing how I’m now mostly prepared for the days I get to trout fish, I decided to give some of these flies I’ve accumulated a try.
I put up my new 6wt and broke out my favorite 5wt and tied on a stimulator (14). It got plenty of hits but couldn’t hook’em. I figured what the heck and decided to try a fly that honestly seems WAY to tiny to catch anything…a Midge (20). I really wanted to see if 4X tippet would fit through the eye of the hook. It does!!
For the next hour I caught bream and bass (biggest was 14”). Talk about FUN!!! There was a good breeze with a storm approaching so I pretended those were riffles and trout were rising, lol!!
I mentioned in another post about putting 6wt line on and using a 5wt rod for the bass flies. I got a 6wt rod and what a difference that made!!! Throwing those big flies and even fighting fish is SO much easier and nicer now.
I know this is a predator site and y’all are probably tired of seeing my fly fishing post, but just let me “vent”, lol. Got a little day trip in June with a guy that’s gonna show me public spots and all about Euro Nymphing on the Chattahoochee River. That’s only 3hrs away vs the 4+ to extreme N. Ga.
Well yesterday while throwing streamers for bass I noticed the bream were quite active. So, seeing how I’m now mostly prepared for the days I get to trout fish, I decided to give some of these flies I’ve accumulated a try.
I put up my new 6wt and broke out my favorite 5wt and tied on a stimulator (14). It got plenty of hits but couldn’t hook’em. I figured what the heck and decided to try a fly that honestly seems WAY to tiny to catch anything…a Midge (20). I really wanted to see if 4X tippet would fit through the eye of the hook. It does!!
For the next hour I caught bream and bass (biggest was 14”). Talk about FUN!!! There was a good breeze with a storm approaching so I pretended those were riffles and trout were rising, lol!!
I mentioned in another post about putting 6wt line on and using a 5wt rod for the bass flies. I got a 6wt rod and what a difference that made!!! Throwing those big flies and even fighting fish is SO much easier and nicer now.
I know this is a predator site and y’all are probably tired of seeing my fly fishing post, but just let me “vent”, lol. Got a little day trip in June with a guy that’s gonna show me public spots and all about Euro Nymphing on the Chattahoochee River. That’s only 3hrs away vs the 4+ to extreme N. Ga.
