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Couple hours on the water

Started by Chefben4, Jun 24 2012 04:00 PM

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#1 Chefben4

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Posted 24 June 2012 - 04:00 PM

Went out early Saturday morning on a little solo fishing excursion to test out my new Midwest Custom fly rod. The rod performed flawlessly. Fishing was so so. I caught 4 largemouth and a pike in about two and half hours. Beautiful morning though, I must say! I apologize for the pics not being the greatest. Hard to do when you are solo!

Largemouth!

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Caught all the largemouth on the whitewater clouser

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Northern Pike!

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Caught the Pike on the pattern below. Carolina Fly Wedding Veil pattern. Looks and swims AWESOME. Only downside to it was that it got destroyed from the pike's teeth. Will be filling my boxes with these.

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Posted 24 June 2012 - 06:55 PM

I have no complaints on your pic quality..lol. Looks like you had a great day out, I envy you... :lol: Seriously good pics and nice fish!!
Murray
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 08:09 PM

I have no complaints on your pic quality..lol. Looks like you had a great day out, I envy you... :lol: Seriously good pics and nice fish!!
Murray


I agree with this post. Plus there was no need to click a thumbnail and then have to scroll the window all over never being able to see the whole picture
at one time. . . . Good Job!

#4 Chefben4

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Posted 24 June 2012 - 08:18 PM

Thanks guys! I post pics using image html code from a photo hosting site. It works a lot better then the forum picture function for the exact reason that you mentioned stippled popper! I use photobucket.com, but there are a number of different ones that will work.

The lake I was on is my "go to". On a good day ill catch 10 or so largemouth and maybe 5 pike. The largemouth vary quite a bit in size but some are pigs. The one in the picture was just shy of 18". The pike are generally 15"-25". Not huge, but plentiful. The lake is FULL of carp. I'm sure I saw well over 100 that morning. If I could just figure out how to catch the bastards on the fly id be all set!
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#5 riffleriversteelheadslayer

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Posted 24 June 2012 - 09:33 PM

great day out Ben

"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading".--Thomas Jefferson

 

There is no such thing as a blank day for a fisherman. It will be saved for him by the white-throated weasel, who watches his fishing from a hole in the wall under which is lying a fish that refused all flies; or by the excitment of identifying insects; or by the apple-bloosom in a nearby orchard; and no one would call that day a blank on which he has seen a king-fisher." -- Arthur Ransome Rod and Line, 1929

 


 

 

 

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