WOOOO I caught my first fish on my fly rod after 3 trips out getting skunked!
The fish itself was nothing to brag about, I was fishing a back water area from the bank of the willamette. There were so many fish surfacing that I decided to grab my fly rod from my truck.
After about 15 casts with a PED and 10 strikes with no hook up, I finally caught one! I didn't know what they were before I caught it, but I knew they were fingerlings or smolts of some species. I didn't expect it to be a little Shad though. It was about 4 inches long and fought really hard for such a little fish. I let him tucker out(or so I thought) before I brought him out of the water to remove the fly and he was just flippin around like no other. That little guy had some stamina! I got the fly out very easily and off he went.
I had a few more strikes but no more hook ups. I'm so happy that I can actually say I caught a fish on my fly rod...now I can finally catch something a little bigger! We'll find out this weekend!
Congratulations... and always keep everything you need in the truck.
My story...
...broke my wife's fly rod, so gave her my old one
...bought new 9 ft 6 wt, line, leader and tippet
...grandson baptized it in upper Clackamas, caught "lots of C&R trout"
...I took the rod out yesterday for my first try but left the reel at home
...family heckled me all the back to PDX
Oh well, just a good excuse to go again.
I will catch fish with it, eventually.
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I'll compromise, but I won't capitulate.
If you want to hook a bigger fish.....it shouldnt be too much of a chore to put on a big stone fly, or a Hopper pattern and fling that thing around the Willamette. The chance of hooking into a decent sized bass would be pretty good in a lot of different places. Try using a small popper type of fly. That will get some hair raising strikes.
First fish on my fly rod
WOOOO I caught my first fish on my fly rod after 3 trips out getting skunked!
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