Fly-fished a small private pond Saturday night. Darned slow…had something HUGE on for a couple minutes. It did a lap of the entire pond, but eventually the fly came out (was using a barbless fly). :sad4:
But I did end up catching a couple bluegills, a crappie, and a couple of catfish:
All were caught on the yellow boa yarn leech:
nice kittys Dave!
Hey Dave, do you eat them cats? I can just see the peta guys screaming about anglers eating freshwater kittens:D.
All the best.
Mike.
No…I let 'em go. Even used a barbless hook, so our “playtime” together didn’t damage the fish too much. 
Nice Kittys! I haven’t caught one yet, maybe I should let my flys sink a bit longer? LOL!
I actually catch almost all of the catfish SHALLOW. Sometimes even on topwaters. The flies I normally use aren’t weighted at all, and are probably rarely deeper than about 2’.
After dark, I generally pick up a few cats in the same places I’d been catching bass during the day, namely weed edges, drop-offs and such. I’ve taken quite a few on poppers but mostly on streamers with lots and lots of motion. During the day you can still find them but they will be on the deep side of the drops then and you have to go down a bit more to get them. Farm ponds are an exception as I’ve often caught cats cruising the shallows during full daylight. I think the darker water is the key there as most the ponds I fish stay pretty dingy.
Great fish, Dave!
Dave,
Nice going. Looks like a lot of fun. I’d fish 'em too…just the way you do.
Jeremy.
Slap those kittys on da grill glazed with butter & tocasco (yum) !!!
Dang…now I’m slobbering over the thought of some good cajun BBQue & cold beer !!!