fshng84 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2016 Grasshopper pattern keeps working; lots of green stuff to foul lines and lures. Grasshopper was able to stay "green" free and fooled a few Bass and Bluegill! Today's Video. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skeet3t 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2016 Good tie. However, I used to cut the legs off my poppers. Got tired of bluegill grabbing the leg and pulling it under with no hookup. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng84 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2016 Thanks! Lots of green stuff making it tough to fish but the grasshopper seems to keep working! Caught several Bass and Bluegill, and one Sunfish. All went for a Grasshopper. Crossing our fingers the City puts the "blue stuff" in the water to slow the green stuff from growing! Today's Video. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng84 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2016 Foam grasshopper again! Fished a local pond that we had not fished in a ling time. Good to see the Bass and Bluegill are still there! Did have a couple of others go for Bluegill on the line but they chased the fish instead of eating it. Did get some video of one of the Bass "looking" at a Bluegill on the line. Did not have a polarized filter but in the video you can get a glimpse of the Bass... nice one; moreover, it was one of the smaller ones! Today's Video. PS: Posted the picture on the Fishing Bulletin Board. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng84 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2016 Another round at the local pond, caught more Bluegill and Sunfish using a Foam Grasshopper. Not as big as yesterday but did get a nice Bruiser Bass that went 19" in size. Posted pictures on the Fishing Bulletin Board and got some action shots posted in the YouTube video. Today's Video. Bluegill went for a Grasshopper, Bass went for the Bluegill like yesterday but this time, we were able to bring the Bass in! Fun stuff on a 4 weight! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng84 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2016 Tested the two-piece Micro Fly Rod with good results yesterday! Post. Worked well in combination with the Foam Grasshopper! Did hit a feeder creek today; working on the video. Foam Grasshopper did well here too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng84 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2016 Went with the Foam Grasshopper and caught a number of Bluegill and Sunfish. Did get several Bass to look at our fishing fly, but all opted to move on instead of strike. Lots of brush made it tough on casting, good thing we practiced roll casting last year. Came in handy this round! Yesterday's Video. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng84 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2016 Fished Saturday. Caught about 20+ fish. Largest fish was a Bass that went about 14". Used a variant of the Foam Grasshopper and a Saddle Hackle Streamer. Caught all but one fish on the Foam Grasshopper! Lotta fun on a 2WT Fiberglass Rod! Saturday's Video. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng84 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2016 The smaller size Foam Grasshopper coupled with the Two Weight fiberglass fly rod did well this evening. Caught twelve bass and lost several others. No Bruisers - largest went about 13". Still lotta fun as even these little Bass put a great bend in the rod! Today's Video Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng84 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2016 Tried a new pond this round. Had passed by this little pond in the past but never stopped to fish it. On a whim decided to give it a try. Caught little Bass and Bluegill using the scaled down Foam Grasshopper. No Bruiser but still lots of fun! Today's Video. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng84 0 Report post Posted May 5, 2016 Tied a Tenkara Fly in a reverse hackle Olive Body and White Hackle pattern. For ease of reference, calling it an Olive/White Tenkara Fly. Lost the fly to a Bass but did end today's round with eleven fish - one on the Tenkara Fly and ten on the Foam Grasshopper. Fun stuff... will get more Tenkara Flies tied for another round of "testing" Today's Video. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng84 0 Report post Posted May 8, 2016 Tested the Tenkara Fly. Caught one with it, then caught the remainder on a Foam Grasshopper. Green stuff clobbering the area made it tough to use the Tenkara Fly. Fun stuff catching Bluegill on their beds! Today's Video. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng84 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2016 Playing around with the camera and green screen. Put together Vlog #1 that shows the action at Sonic Pond using the Traditional III Fly Rod from Cabelas and a Foam Grasshopper! Video. Good to see the grasshopper pattern still works on Bass! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng84 0 Report post Posted August 14, 2016 Foam Grasshopper worked again Saturday morning! Vlog Video. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave G. 0 Report post Posted August 16, 2016 I mean no offense but I suspect most anything would work in that fish bowl you fish at. Get out on some open water someplace and see what happens, that's not much of a test there.. On the other hand with all that grass around and being Aug. I bet terrestrials abound at that location. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites