Pelhament
05-15-2009, 08:46 PM
Couple bass from today hitting one of my favorite pond/sloughs in Eugene.
First one was near a nest, I cast a crease fly to it first. The fish came to the surface grabbed the edge of the fly and swam it off the nest. Then I tied on a Gully worm, let it sink and twitched it. It grabbed it and I whiffed on the hook set. Next cast, it inhaled it before it had a chance to sink. The fly was a 1/0 Tungsten Cone head Gully worm in brown with a chartreuse tail and chartreuse foam paddle tail. Its about a 5 inch fly. Fish was probably around 2 lbs.
http://www.westfly.com/photopost/data/500/0515091535.jpg
Then I started casting a black and orange deer hair popper. I heard a commotion to my left and noticed that a fish had just taken something on the surface. I made a perfect cast landing the fly right on the fishes nose. The fish freaked out but didn't take, I then twitched the fly causing the same reaction. The second twitch, the popper disappeared and I set the hook. The fly was a 1/0 black and orange deer hair popper with 3 inch long grizzly orange saddle hackle tail and black and orange rubber legs. Black and orange is my top producing popper combo on this pond. This fish was a little larger than the first but not by much.
[http://www.westfly.com/photopost/data/500/0515091611.jpg
All in all it was a great couple of hours after work. Even got a take from the massive carp that inhabit the pond
First one was near a nest, I cast a crease fly to it first. The fish came to the surface grabbed the edge of the fly and swam it off the nest. Then I tied on a Gully worm, let it sink and twitched it. It grabbed it and I whiffed on the hook set. Next cast, it inhaled it before it had a chance to sink. The fly was a 1/0 Tungsten Cone head Gully worm in brown with a chartreuse tail and chartreuse foam paddle tail. Its about a 5 inch fly. Fish was probably around 2 lbs.
http://www.westfly.com/photopost/data/500/0515091535.jpg
Then I started casting a black and orange deer hair popper. I heard a commotion to my left and noticed that a fish had just taken something on the surface. I made a perfect cast landing the fly right on the fishes nose. The fish freaked out but didn't take, I then twitched the fly causing the same reaction. The second twitch, the popper disappeared and I set the hook. The fly was a 1/0 black and orange deer hair popper with 3 inch long grizzly orange saddle hackle tail and black and orange rubber legs. Black and orange is my top producing popper combo on this pond. This fish was a little larger than the first but not by much.
[http://www.westfly.com/photopost/data/500/0515091611.jpg
All in all it was a great couple of hours after work. Even got a take from the massive carp that inhabit the pond