The right place, the right time, and a little perseverence.

Went out yesterday, and after three hours of getting blown around in the kayak (too windy to anchor) and catching nothing, I decided to try the riprap. A few people there already, but none of them catching anything either. They soon left. A while later a front rolled in and the sky got even cloudier and windier than it was already. But then all of a sudden, this began to happen:
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Then this happened:
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Then a bunch of this:
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And even one of these:
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When I saw fish eating mayflies I origionally thought, ooh crappie, but I never did see one of them. Go figure. What a day once it finally got started. But then the front passed, the sun came out, the mayflies shut down, and it all stopped as suddenly as it started.

Great fishing report and glad you were there when it all happened!! Some days you have to be at the right place at the right time to enjoy it.

Tim
Was that a Hilsdale wiper, or were you on the Clinton dam?

Ooooooh...Wipers...Maybe someday! I love Wipers!!!

Larry-- none of the above. They weren't wipers at all, just big hard fighting white bass. That ought to answer your other question as well :)

Nice variety good job.

Wow, that is really REALLY COOL! I've yet to catch a Drum or a Walleye on a fly, but they ARE on my list!
So...did you get these on topwaters, or nymphs?

Dave--
My mission yesterday was to test out some new baitfish patterns we've been working on, so that was all I had with me, But I'd have killed for a half dozen #12 march brown dries and emergers. THAT would have been a hoot! The whites that were taking the duns were running a little smaller, but they'd have stiil been a bunch of fun.

Thanks for the uplift. I'm sitting here in a snow storm with at least 3 inches down and more coming and it's nice to know that here are places where the fish are biting. Great mixed bag and all fish that I'm fond of targeting now and again. Keep the pics coming--way to go!

Tim,
Nice report & pics! Glad your day finished well.
Thanks for sharing.
Mike

so SO jealous of that walleye!!! Great pics, Tim.

I know where you were at now. Nice looking fish. I would have taken some pics of the crappie that I caught this week, but I have not got the hang of using the Macro setting on my new camera. They were hitting that micro clouser almost every cast, but nothing bigger than 7 or 8 inches.

very nice! its something special when you happen to be out there in that small window of oppritunity..thats a good day fishing.

Excellent post, pics, and catching! Love them white bass on the fly.

Thanks for sharing.

Nice mixed bag, Congrats!!!!!!!!