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The first fish of 2015 have fallen.
My neighbor has a small
pond, and I test out flies there. It's all catch and release, since they aren't my fish.
Bluegill and bass...

Rod: 5/6 wt
Line: 5/6 FWF
Leader: 10 ft, hand tied, 20" 3 lb tippet.
Fly: #10 olive, bead head soft hackle...
Olive thread
Gold wire rib
Brown Wyandotte feather
Silver bead

It's the time of year for small, swimmy little aqua-nymphs. So I cast, count down near the bottom, and then strip-and-lift the rod tip.
This mimics something rising up from the bottom gunk, some hopeful, buggy thing making a break for freedom... or into the mouth of a winter-hungry fish.

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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 8, 2015 at 3:47pm

Nice McSruff........warm in the Carolinas!

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 8, 2015 at 3:40pm
All in due time Ken...
Comment by Slip Sinker on March 8, 2015 at 2:56pm

jealous...wish i could catch something on the fly right now.

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