I went out for a few hours today, on a humbug trip just to see if I could get done what I’ve been wanting to for a few years now- CATCH WHITE BASS IN A RIVER. I ended up catching five and a pot bellied carp. This was the biggest one.
Very nice!!! Congrats.
Good job! Nice-lookin’ fly, too.
Thanks Guys!
I bet the carp was the biggest pull of the day. Hopefully you were very excited about the big fish on the end of the line. Some people get disappointed when they see it is a carp, but if you remember the initial take and run and what an adreniline rush that was and enjoy it for what it was you too could become a closest carper. Or in some of our cases we chase them more than any other species. Glad that you had fun and your fly looks good.
I had waded about a half mile of river, just above the reservoir, with only two half hearted bumps. On the way back to the truck to relocate, I spotted a school of carp splashing around in a shallow backwater. I love catching carp on the fly, so yes, I was a little ramped up when this one ate. Thanks on the fly too. I came up with it in a hasty situation a few weeks ago- A good friend of mine and I were planning to go fish another river in search of white bass, so I had a bunch of smallish clousers tied up. Then, the day before we were to go, a report came through from another friend that a lake was on fire with whites and wipers, so we changed our plan. That night I knew I needed a different ‘edge’, so I started lashing materials to a hook until something looked ‘right’. Voila.
Glad you caught some white bass! They are fun! I caught my first ones last year on a fly rod. I was fishing a tailwater area with a “goldie” fly.
ROR EYE, nice going there. I’ll bet the carp was a real blast on a flyrod. You did not say what kind of rig you used but and flyrod would be fun. take care, John.
Hey Chaser- you bet it was a blast. A year and a half or so back, I bought a Loomis Streamdance GLX High Line Speed 6 wt, because while it is kind of a fast rod, it has a softer feel in the cast. I got tired of the super fast sticks that seem to have a hold on the ‘next best thing’ market. I have an Airflo Ridge line distance taper on it that loads it up very nicely. It’s my warm season rod of choice for bass and whatever else decides to eat my metal and fluff I call a fly.
Question - because I think your comment on “I got tired of the super fast sticks what seem to have a hold on the 'next best thing ’ market” says something important about what is happening in the fly rod world. Can you give me a little help? Like what exactly turned you off? Any one else who feels this way is encouraged to put your 2 cents in as well. Are the super fast rods a turn-off? Are they hard to cast? More tiring? Disappointing after you sent a week’s wages on one? What do you think?
Hugs,
LF
Answer- For me, the faster rods typically mean stiffer rods, translating to more work I must put into the cast. The GLX is touted as a fast rod, but there is a distinct difference in the feel of the rod. While the delivery can be considered ‘fast action’, the rod is a lot more flexible, taking on more work than the caster. It’s nice to have a rod that does the working, so at the end of the day I don’t feel like I’ve been pounding nails into a roof.
Nice white bass! up here they will start by the end of the month. The Detroit river is packed with them and 100 fish days are not uncommon. A little closer to home they school up in large schools in the mornings and are reachable from shore. By far the best fly fishing expeirence one can enjoy. The best times is during heavy rain falls ot storms, if for no other reason there is no one else around…I could catch em all day long and would never get tired of it.
