Farm Pond Fun

Fishing Fishing Reports
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Fished Saturday with Mikey (Ohiotuber) and had a blast with with the gills and LMB. Here’s some fishy pics:

Secluded farm pond we fished that is owned by a friend of Mike.

Here’s Mike teaching me proper form (not really, but it makes for a fun caption).

Here he is feeding the trees flies with his backcast.

Caught and released this gill (and quite a few others just like it) on my 1wt. These fish were so heavy that I used a net on them to protect the rod. Great fun! The rod handle is 9-1/2" from winding check to butt, and some of these gills exceeded that length.

I was targetting some large mouth bass, so I got out the Big Gun for them (9’-0" 4wt).

Finally, here are the patterns that worked well all day. All three caught bass and gills.

Thanks, Mike, for a great day of fishing and fellowship. I believe we solved more than a couple of the world’s problems in just a few short hours as well. Enjoy the pontoon boat.

Joe

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Joe,
Now I didn’t put ANY flies in the trees…I DID lose that one to a fence though!
Had a great time with you on the pond we affectionately call “The Bass Factory”. Obviously it holds some fair to middlin’ gills too. I do need to switch to a 4X or 5X tippet on the 2 wt. The 6X broke 3 times when bull gills ran me into a partially submerged bush on the other end of the pond.
It was indeed a good day, & nice pictures Joe!
Mikey

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You guys got some pretty fancy looking farm ponds up there!! Ours have tall grass and snakes!! :shock: and sometimes a cow or two!

Does sound like you had a great time!

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Betty,

Were not as tough as Kansas farmers, so the edges need to be mowed for us “older gentlemen.” :lol: :lol: Actually, this is more of an “estate pond” than a farm pond. Mikey has friends who like their ponds to look picture perfect, and we certainly do appreciate their hard work.

Joe

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Joe,
Great Report! That is a Fancy looking pond! It’s nice that you had room for your backcast.
Doug

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Betty,
This pond sits on some pretty fancy territory, & the folks are grand people. I have a buddy who just doesn’t like snakes. I found that out when I pointed out the largest water snake I have ever seen…it was at this pond & I walked him right over to it. He about jumped out of his skin. That snake was long AND thick! Everything grows large in this pond…fish, snakes, & snappers.
Come on up!..I’ll take you there.
Mike