gardenfish- the fly used on the BIg Boy BG was the Gummy minnow and I was fishing in 4-5 feet of water at the very extreme corner at the dam end of the acre plus pond near my house. This is one I found via Terraserver satellite imagery and got permission to fish. I lost the gummy minnow within 4 casts of that fish. darn it ! The other fish were caught on small white foam poppers with either silli legs or a hackle feather right behind the foam. Just tied another dozen foam poppers last nite for Fri. evening after work. The topwater action was smashingly intense. HTH.
Steve

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I fish, therefore I swam.