A good day!

Ok, so the last few days have been absolutely drop dead gorgeous weather out here... unfortunately, I was stuck behind a desk.

But, since it's now the weekend, had a chance to go out (under foggy skies, but that's normal for this area, and it wasn't raining!), to the local lake in search of some action.

Rented a boat, did a bit of trolling, no luck.

Focused on the shoreline, donned my polarized sunglasses, turned a corner, looked down, and i was sitting right on top of a school of trout.

Carefully, with short casts, I got a few interested in a smaller clouser minnow pattern. But they were striking short.

However, there were bass hanging out in the reeds by the shoreline, that struck that minnow with a vengance!

Scorecard:

Hooked: 5 bass
Landed: 2 of em
Destroyed: 1 clouser minnow in the process (the fish were agressive! what can i say)

all in all, a good day for me!

Sean

(oh, sorry, no pictures. forgot to take a camera! oh well, next time)

Sounds like a very good day Sean. I don't think I'm too far from getting out here in Ohio......we'll see.
Mike

I'm glad you had good fortune. I can't wait for the warm weather in my neck of the woods.

Catch a few for me Sean

Philip

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I look into... my fly box, and think about all the elements I should consider in choosing the perfect fly: water temperature, what stage of development the bugs are in, what the fish are eating right now. Then I remember what a guide told me: 'Ninety percent of what a trout eats is brown and fuzzy and about five-eighths of an inch long.' - Allison Moir.

I wonder if he ever fished Saltwater ;)