"Tough three ice outings. One tip up bite off no fish ."
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Finally wet a hook!!
With my son's middle school baseball season ending, I actually had some time today to test out a fly that I tied up during the winter months. Got in from work and loaded up the kayak, grabbed my flyrod and headed to my favorite lake that has a good gill population. Saw a few surface smacks as I launched so I had a good feeling my fly was going to be met with approval. Paddled into an area that I knew had beds in the past and rolled out a cast and watched my fly land with a soft splash. Ripples hadn't even settled when my fly was brutally smacked. Mr. Bluegill limbered my flyrod up with a few circles around the yak. And for the next couple of hours I watched bluegill, redears and the occasional bass ingest my fly. So what fly was it? My cricket pattern.
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Comment by Mark Stine on May 1, 2013 at 4:52am
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Sounds like an awesome afternoon Rex, glad the new pattern was a success!
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Comment by JBplusThuy on April 30, 2013 at 11:52pm
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That's amazing, it looks so life-like! Must have taken forever to tie it!
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Comment by Greg McWilliams on April 30, 2013 at 8:17pm
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GOOD LOOKING PATTERN and it WORKED!!!! GLAD YOU MADE IT OUT!!!
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Comment by Allen Morgan on April 30, 2013 at 8:15pm
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Nice! Nothing like seeing a new pattern get slurped!
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Comment by dick tabbert on April 30, 2013 at 8:13pm
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Glad you made it out and caught some fish on your cricket. I know that had to feel good especially after this winter never seeming to what to end. Hope you get out there and catch more hey and catch a couple for me. GOOD FISHIN.......
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Comment by Rex Robinson on April 30, 2013 at 8:05pm
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