Should have done this years ago....

[Jimbo63 0]

I have been fly fishing for 35 years now. Tied my first flies in the last month or so. October 9th I caught my first fish on a fly I tied. Don't often get excited about a 12" bass, but that was cool! It was also on a pond that I just recieved permission to fish!

 

Can't see it in the pic too well, but it's a baby bass pattern from Lefty Kreigh.

 

Looking for Southern Illinois or similar climate fly fishers, who have specefic patterns for bass and panfish. I puddle jump from farm pond to farm pond and stay away from the 'fly boys' on the big lakes for the most part.

[bigdewy 0]

Welcome aboard!! Southern Illinois is a great place for an outdoorsman to live!! Had plans to move there after retiring, but then the economy/housing market took the "big dump" and now I'm laying low.