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3-13 9 incher
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
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this guy likes yellow too
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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 14, 2012 at 8:17am
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great story, too. Ive made this my new wallpaper pic
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Comment by Greg McWilliams on March 14, 2012 at 7:22am
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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!!!!!!
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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.
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Poppers in the North country, already, AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by dick tabbert on March 13, 2012 at 6:59pm
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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.
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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?
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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
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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 13, 2012 at 5:18pm
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Very Good Photo Jim....
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Comment by Leo Nguyen on March 13, 2012 at 5:00pm
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GORGEOUS colors! Wow. With your new bee fly too!
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