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A head's-up for the folks that participated in the fly swap recently.....

Today I got a chance to actually fish one of the Orange Nymphs I tied up for the swap.  I was not really surprised when I caught 4 female Bluegills within 25 minutes, and missed at least one fish.

Ok, now I know the fish are really keying on the color orange, like what Dick Tabbert suggested.  Good, I'll keep fishing that color.  I've got a Wooly Bugger I tied up in Orange, so I'll try to fish that soon.

My last fish was really nice.  I had cast my double-fly rig out.  Within seconds, I noticed that the Deer Hair Caddis indicator was moving against the wind, and was being slowly dragged under.  I did a quick strip-set, then raised my rod to fight the fish.  THIS FISH felt substantially bigger than the 'gills I had been catching.  I thought I had a Hybrid Sunfish, until I caught a glimpse of it.  It was in shallow water, and headed for the weedline, shaking it's head.  It was a Largemouth Bass, about 1 1/2 lbs.  I didn't a picture, unfortunately, as the fish got tangled up in the weeds and broke my tippet.

A LMB on a size 12 hook?!?!?!

I've got some bigger versions of this nymph tied up, up to size 8.  I have yet to fish them.  Looks like I'm going to start here soon.

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Buddy got one about 3.5 lb last week on a #14 scud.

I guess you just really never know what's going to hit the lure/bait when you go fishing.....

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