Long Fork Creek

I took AJ fishing Tuesday evening. I rigged him up a "fly"rod with a old conventional rod I had. Some old fly line tied to it and he had the makings of a fly rod. I tied him on an ant pattern and he went to casting. He was hung in a tree before I could get started. He's a real chip off the block. :) I was tying on a green weenie when he yelled, "I got one, Daddy!" Sure enough, he had caught a little bass. He was thrilled. So was I. :)
I read about a green weenie at littleriveroutfitters.com in preparation for the East TN gathering. I have to admit, I was skeptical, it didn't look like much of a fly, but I completely lost count of how many fish I caught on that fly. I caught, bass, sunperch, one carp, and a bunch of what we call chubs. They are sort of a large minnow, I'm not sure what the real name is. After AJ's bass, he mostly threw rocks, played in the mud and chased minnows. I'm not sure why, but he is determined to catch a minnow with his hands. :confused:As long as he's having fun then I don't care. :)

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PS, Sorry, I forgot the camera. :oops:

Sounds like an afternoon you will remember for a long time. AJ was trying to catch a minnow with his hands because that was the most interesting thing there was to do at the moment. I remember my son collecting sweet gum balls when the fish quit biting fast enough to keep him interested. That was over 30 years ago.

Green weenies are great little flies, I tend to make mine a little longer than what most photos show, try it in hot pink also. I tied up a couple in red Saturday to try on trout, there was a guy who had caught and release over 40 trout using a red Creme brand plastic worm. I thought the shape was more like a green weenie than a San Juan worm.