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I bought the city permit for this lake today.  I went up there to fling a fly around, and maybe dunk some minnows if the fly fishing slowed down.

As I walked to the spot I was going to fish, I noticed a bunch of small grasshoppers in the grass.  I made a note to try my hopper pattern, but I wanted to start off with a chartreuse popper.  I got set up on a floating platform, and since it's in a corner, I have access to two banks, plus the shaded side of the walkway leading to the platform.

Sure enough, the fish are hungry!  As soon as the popper lands, they start nipping at it.  The bigger fish will slurp it down.  I had a few good "running strikes" by some good-sized male Bluegills that just smashed that bug.  First few fish were Green Sunfish, the rest were Bluegill.  I did have a brief hookup with a small LMB that didn't make the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE0YcJltvnI&feature=youtu.be

The wind started to lay down just as I was leaving.  I figured the approaching Cold Front was getting close.  I was right :)  When I left, it was dead-calm, and the water was smooth as glass.  I'll have to go back out next weekend with my kayak and really give it a go.

I did dunk a few minnows.  Managed to catch a decent Channel Cat and a Warmouth.  That Channel was a blast on my light-action pole.  I've caught Warmouth there before, so I wasn't surprised when it showed up.

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Comment by Tony Livingston on June 11, 2012 at 5:43pm

Nicely done Allen!!

Comment by Leo Nguyen on June 11, 2012 at 5:17pm

We all developed the damselfly and dragonfly patterns in some form. You can also purchase it on the net for about $1 to $3 a piece, based on the details. I believe Tooty, Jim Gronaw, and Mark Stine will be the go to men. I'm sorry to say, but I also forgot who were the other 3 that were masters of fly tying in BBG.

Comment by Allen Morgan on June 11, 2012 at 4:47pm

Thanks.  Leo, if you listen, in the last scene at least, you can hear some cicadas.  I need to find a bug that looks like that.

Also, didn't you develop a damsel-fly pattern?  I actually saw a small LMB make a pass at a damsel-fly, but the fish never broke water.

Comment by jim cosgrove on June 11, 2012 at 4:37pm

thanks allen that just relaxed the heck out of me

Comment by Leo Nguyen on June 11, 2012 at 3:39pm

Great job on casting with your first fly gear. Very nice and quiet to practice out there. Good luck over in our side of the waters. We have to learn to use rolling casting constantly with all the anglers around us, or the obstacles surrounded us. Truly serene.

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