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steelrainbow
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I haven't posted a topic in this forum for quite sometime. But now that I'm back I'd like to share my experience catching a few Smallmouth Bass on a fly rod.
I went float tube fly fishing at Kemp Lake, Sooke on August 8th around 7:30 p.m. and fished till 10:00 p.m.. The first hour of fishing was trying to figure out what type of fish were in the lake and how to catch em'. I tried trolling with an intermediate sinking tip line and the fly was a micro beadhead black with red sparkle leech. I saw several fish rising causing a ring on the lake wherein I'd slowly troll the fly. During that first hour I had no luck at all.
I finally decided to cast the fly at the rings caused by the rising fish. I slowly stripped the line back and after 5 pulls WHAM! FISH ON <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> ! After a short tug of war and a few jumps I finally landed my first Smallmouth Bass <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> . I took a quick photo and gently released her back into the lake. The bass wasn't that big approx. 1 pd. I repeated the same process of casting beside the rings and for the next hour and half I was rewarded with a total of 15 Smallmouth Bass. The largest bass weighing approx. 2 pds.
I'll never forget this experience considering it was the first time I finally caught a bass, plus 14 more bass, and using a fly rod <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> .
Edited by - Steelrainbow on 09/06/2004 03:02:31
I went float tube fly fishing at Kemp Lake, Sooke on August 8th around 7:30 p.m. and fished till 10:00 p.m.. The first hour of fishing was trying to figure out what type of fish were in the lake and how to catch em'. I tried trolling with an intermediate sinking tip line and the fly was a micro beadhead black with red sparkle leech. I saw several fish rising causing a ring on the lake wherein I'd slowly troll the fly. During that first hour I had no luck at all.
I finally decided to cast the fly at the rings caused by the rising fish. I slowly stripped the line back and after 5 pulls WHAM! FISH ON <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> ! After a short tug of war and a few jumps I finally landed my first Smallmouth Bass <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> . I took a quick photo and gently released her back into the lake. The bass wasn't that big approx. 1 pd. I repeated the same process of casting beside the rings and for the next hour and half I was rewarded with a total of 15 Smallmouth Bass. The largest bass weighing approx. 2 pds.
I'll never forget this experience considering it was the first time I finally caught a bass, plus 14 more bass, and using a fly rod <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> .
Edited by - Steelrainbow on 09/06/2004 03:02:31
