Hillbilly rob

I have a small lake close enough to fish if the streams are to high to fish. It is well stocked and fished hard. I dont normally fish their but will if it is my only choice. I had heard stories of my great grandfather out fishing everyone on a normal bases. I asked my great uncle if he knew how he was doing it. He told me that my grandfather would simply clip almost all the hackel off of a ginger quill and fish it with slow retrieve. I tried it and holy man! Anybody ever try this? What other patterns would you use early in the year just after the ice has melted?

I was walking a rail road track back to a big hole of water that i have caught many nice smallies. On my way i met a couple of hippies that had cat fished the big hole. They told me about a huge fish that pulled one of their poles in. after about an hour of fishing, something caught my eye. I wadded out into about four foot of water and grabbed a snoopy fishing pole. The fight was on. It took about thirty minutes to reel in one of the biggest carp i had ever landed. Thier wasnt any kids with the gentelmen i had met on the tracks! things that make you go, humm.