DA- the speck/crappie was caught on a clouser self tied which was put on right after the gummy went thirty feet up into the trees not to come donw no matter how hard I coaxed it. SNAP!

Anywho....the crappie took the clouser as it was fished about 6 feet down slowly, jigged during the retrieve on the dam which has a drop off on the back side of 12-15 feet. So I' guessing the water depth is close to that, though, obviously the crappie either came up for the clouser or was suspended near the tree cover that I cast near. This clouser has bead chain eyes, a strip of peacock herl on either side and several strands of crystalflash just like the ones in this pic. Floating line no indicator. About 6 feet of 5X tippet , no leader. HTH. I knew there were crappie at that end of the pond hence the gummi minnow and clousers. The big gills fought fiercely; the crappie did the usuall "flip flop thing" under water.


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