All the catfish I've ever caught were caught while fishing for other species. Never targeted them specfically. Most all were taken on a black wooly bugger. Largest was a 32" blue last year on a 4 wt.

Once a few years back I had cast out and laid my rod on the bank searching for another fly to tie on and almost lost my rig. Saw the rod being pulled at a rapid rate down the bank towords open water. Grabbed it just in time, channel cat.

Leo C