I gut out around 9 am and hit my first spot with the Phillipson Fly Fox. Spooked some good bass right off the bat as I waded into the stream. I started with a frog topwater, but the fish were shying away from it. Put on the all the powerful olive wooly bugger, and started to catch fish.
This first stretch produced three bass over three pounds.
A second bass following the hooked one, hoping it'll spit out whatever is in it's mouth.
Of course I caught plenty of sunfish with the bass. The catfish were skittish and decided to not partake in the fun.
Around 11 am, my sister joined me and went to another stretch of the river. She was using conventional spinning gear. I let her take the lead and "guided" her through this stretch so she could have first shot at the fish. She quickly hooked up with a nice bass.
We waded a good ways upstream until we hit a stretch we couldn't wade through. My sister hooked up with a giant bass, had to be 7 to 8 lbs on a senko type lure. It ended up breaking her off. Next fish was a solid 3 to 4 lbs bass, which again broke her off. I'm thinking I need new line on that reel.....or something a touch heavier than 6 lbs. Anyways, she caught a good 2 lber and long with some other bass. I managed some sunfish and small bass in this stretch.
Anyways, it was good day on the water fishing with my sister with some beautiful scenery. Glad to see the rivers with OK'ish flow this spring, but we still a lot more to replenish the aquifers.
