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was catching dinks on poppers and along comes this one in a foot of water.never caught on top this early

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Comment by jim cosgrove on March 14, 2013 at 8:11am

this guy likes yellow too

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 14, 2012 at 8:17am
great story, too. Ive made this my new wallpaper pic
Comment by Greg McWilliams on March 14, 2012 at 7:22am

Jim, That is a great little poppr sorry it met with the "Fate of the LOST"!!!!!!! But the good news is  it didn't take hours to create!!!!!!

Comment by jim cosgrove on March 14, 2012 at 7:04am

size 12 popper on a 3 weight rod.i was casting some small jigs and spoons i made with waxies on them ,nothing ,not a nibble.found some clearer water and they were all looking up.i only had the 1 popper with me as i thought it was way early .but the bugs were out and i got 20 or so small ones then the big one.got a couple more small ones then lost the fly.

Comment by Greg McWilliams on March 14, 2012 at 5:23am

Poppers in the North country, already, AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by dick tabbert on March 13, 2012 at 6:59pm

Nice fish, I guess I'm going to have to invest in some poppers all I have now is spiders. I guess I'll have to upgrade to some different baits for the flyrod.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 13, 2012 at 6:34pm

Very neat - Im glad to see those poppers doing their thing.

I need to get me some of those. Did I read correctly - was this caught on a fly rod?

Comment by jim cosgrove on March 13, 2012 at 5:51pm

thanks everyone it is hard to believe .but my phone takes better pics than my camera.it was so bright and warm here today in n/e illinois. was fishing a small preserve that lets us fish there for a small fee .usually stocked with trout this time of year.well they had not stocked yet.the bluegills here are usually small so i had a 3wt with me and wanted to catch something.i was as surprised as this fish when it realized that hunk of foam and feathers wasn't a bug.really fought on the little rod

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 13, 2012 at 5:18pm

Very Good Photo Jim....

Comment by Leo Nguyen on March 13, 2012 at 5:00pm

GORGEOUS colors! Wow. With your new bee fly too!

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