Opening day of the 2006 Deer Season

Well I am generally in the woods on opening day but the wind was blowing and the river was calling.

Nice bass you caught. I love the fall fishing where one usually has most of the water to oneself. The fall tree’s in their splendor, a light wind playing on the water and hungry fish waiting for your offering.
Hobo

Nice Bass. What kind of fly did you use there?

Thats a variation of a freshwater gurgler. I basically just added a 3 inch strip of rabbit to the fly for a tail. The rabbit retains water and causes the fly to run just under the surface and it displaces a bunch of water.

I went again last night and used a brown variation of the same fly. I hoped it would look like a mouse in the water. Caught 12 in about three hours all in this size range.

Nice fish, and nice fly.

I’ve tried a lot of rabbit strips and they get awful heavy for casting. What weight line/rod are you using?

Nice fish! What hooks are using for your Gurglers?

And, here, I went flyfishing, and got the deer instead!!

7wt Scott A2 with a Rio clouser taper 7wt line

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