I landed just the one rainbow, so you did a lot better than I did! 
Yesterday during lunch, I tried to fly-fish a creek for suckers. I have no idea what kind of āspawning runā of suckers this creek gets, but I did catch some out of this creek years ago, before I started fly-fishing. Soā¦I was hopeful. As it turns out, I didnāt see a single fish or get a detectable bite. Bummer.
Interesting spot, thoughā¦
Not so sure about that, Dave. I wandered around the Missouri for something like five hours watching the bugs, trying to get a feel for the system, which is quite different than my normal āhabitatā, and watched fishies rising close by while I made cast after cast with fly after fly a good part of the time. 
John
Had some time to kill while in West Des Moines last night, so I fly-fished at Blue Heron Lake. I spent a fair amount of time untangling my line from the abundant sticks along the shoreline at my feet, and from the trees behind me. Pain in theā¦tuckus! :rolleyes:
I ended up catching at least 8 skinny Bluegills, 2 skinny Crappies, and a āfly-rod firstā for meā¦a Yellow Bass.
Dave,
Ever consider a stripping/shooting basket? I made one from a Rubbermaid dishpan with 2 slots cut for a wading belt (Iāve used bungee cord too). Great for fishing in situations like yours; also does a great job keeping the line from tangling pilings & bulkheads when Iām striper fishing. Congrats on the yellow bass.
Regards,
Scott
That would have worked great! Yes, Iāve considered a stripping basket. Havenāt pulled the trigger on one yet.
Most of the places I fish, I donāt need oneā¦but it sure would have been helpful that night.
Cloudy and cool day today (Saturday). Chased some bass, and caught some bluegills. Blogged the report here:
[http://fishndave.blogspot.com/2012/04/dreary-saturday-fly-fishing-4-28-2012.html
](http://fishndave.blogspot.com/2012/04/dreary-saturday-fly-fishing-4-28-2012.html)
Caught a ginormous 8.5" Green Sunfish while fly-fishing during lunch today!
Also caught some decent bluegillsā¦this one wasnāt the biggest, but it had a REALLY bright, deep orange breast:
Also saw some big bullfrogs, their tadpoles, a muskrat, and this Painted Turtle (its rooting around underwater):
Vintage Lakeā¦lunch report for 5-1-2012.
[http://fishndave.blogspot.com/2012/05/vintage-lake-5-1-2012.html
](http://fishndave.blogspot.com/2012/05/vintage-lake-5-1-2012.html)
Dave,
Nice fish. I need to take a few hours off from our bathroom re-modeling and hit the local pond.
Regards,
Scott
Fly-fished during my lunch hour today. WARMā¦mid-80ās during the noon-hour! The report is here:
[http://fishndave.blogspot.com/2012/05/fly-fishing-lunch-report-5-3-2012.html
](http://fishndave.blogspot.com/2012/05/fly-fishing-lunch-report-5-3-2012.html)
Fly-fished another ānew-to-meā public pond during lunch today.
Hereās the report:
http://fishndave.blogspot.com/2012/05/another-new-pond-lunchtime-fly-fishing.html
Its hard to get the right perspective from the pictureā¦I measured the pond from Google Earth, and it is appromately 700ā at its longest point, and 370ā across at its widest point.
Dave,
Good luck on the golden bonefish.
Regards,
Scott
Iāve caught carp on flies. The ones in these ponds are a different challenge from the ones Iāve caught from the reservoirs and rivers around hereā¦and these are also much smaller than most of what Iāve caught before. Nevertheless, the challenge will be funā¦I hope Iām able to āwinā a few. Iāve never caught Buffalo on flies yetā¦so that would be pretty cool if I can get these to strike. They appeared to be just slowly swimming beneath the surface sucking in plankton. Anybody got a good plankton pattern? ;o) j/k
Fly-fished during lunch today. Caught 4 species, but not either of the 2 species I was HOPING for.
The blogged report is here:
[http://fishndave.blogspot.com/2012/05/fly-fishing-lunchtime-report-5-9-2012.html
](http://fishndave.blogspot.com/2012/05/fly-fishing-lunchtime-report-5-9-2012.html)
Dave,
Sorry no carp or buffalo, but thatās a pretty crappie and the bass & sunnies were respectable, too. Weāve got some huge grass carp in our neighborhood ponds; never have caught one but still hope to some day. Iāve read that some folks pre-game spots by chumming with grass clippings, then cast pieces of plastic Easter basket grass lashed to hooks; they say this with straight faces.
Regards,
Scott
Fly-fished last night, trying James Smithās version of a bass Gurgler. Worked GREAT!
[http://fishndave.blogspot.com/2012/05/bass-gurgler-testevening-of-5-9-2012.html
](http://fishndave.blogspot.com/2012/05/bass-gurgler-testevening-of-5-9-2012.html)
Resorted to ādappingā to save the day yesterday. Also got some help from some fly-fishing friends at the end of yesterdayās evening fishing outing.
The report is here:
http://fishndave.blogspot.com/2012/05/good-to-have-friends.html
Caught some NICE Crappies during lunch today, including a BEAST 14.5" fish.
Report is here:
[http://fishndave.blogspot.com/2012/05/fly-fishing-lunch-report-5-11-2012.html
](http://fishndave.blogspot.com/2012/05/fly-fishing-lunch-report-5-11-2012.html)
Tried the bass-sized Gurgler again. Iām impressed! First two fish of the evening were a 17" bass, followed by a 19-incher!
Report is here:
http://fishndave.blogspot.com/2012/05/evening-fly-fishing-5-13-2012.html
