Went out 2 nights ago about 7:00pm and stayed until it was dark at a local lake. Found some fish swirling and figured that’d be a good place to start. Put on a yellow gurgler and wasn’t getting their attention, so I put on a Crappie Candy. I bet in an hour and a half I had caught and released over 50 fish, all on ONE fly!!! I was catching bluegills, crappie, and green sunfish easily every other cast.
So I called my cousin last night and we went to the same place, and caught about the same amount of fish between the two of us. I ended up hooking up with about a one-pound largemouth… a first on my 3-wt. My cousin and I each caught a big shiner right before we left. How crazy is that? Right at the end of our time, we would see a fish swirl on the surface, cast just a touch past it, and hook up within 2 seconds of the fly hitting the water.
Now I’m tying up another dozen or more Crappie Candy flies so we can keep doing this… but you’ve gotta love it!
Zac
