Several motivated fly casters from our club (ctff.org) met this morning for a paddle - wade - float trip on the San Marcos River.
The weather forecast called for heavy showers as a cold front moves through, shortly after noon. Sometimes, dropping barometric pressure, ahead of the front, will really turn the fish on.
Today the fish were turned on.
I fished with Maurice and the fishing was good. He single handed put a whooping on the Rio Grande cichlids, catching tons of big Rio's. Also the largemouth and Guadalupe bass several species of sunfish were very hungry for the fly.
The action was pretty much non-stop for five hours or more.
Let's go fishing.
Central Texas Fly Fishers
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It was a great day! Everybody caught fish. The rain last night should keep our rivers flowing. PTL!
- livetofish
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Is that a bead head wooly bugger? what size?
Nice.
Nice.
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Yes, that is a bead head wolly bugger, size 4, on a long shank hook. A small (1.5 inch) strip of chartreuse rabbit is attached to the hook, making it a bit easier to see. Also, a small lead shot was attached to get it lower in the water column. This was cast upstream and allowed to drop to the bottom, swimming it back. The bass couldn't leave it alone. Kinda of a fly fishers version of a plastic worm.
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CTFF are a bunch of great guys. Now that I'm closer to SM, I drop in from time to time.
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I saw that split shot the other day on one of your post....I was thinking better put those in my vest..I was also wondering how they throw with extra weight
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I always carry an old 35mm film canister with a variety of split shot weights with me. Sometimes it is necessary to add two, or even three, split shots to get the fly down into the strike zone.larry long shadows wrote:I saw that split shot the other day on one of your post....I was thinking better put those in my vest..I was also wondering how they throw with extra weight
SLOW DOWN your cast, giving your backcast plenty of time, and you will be OK.
Some of my best fish are caught this way, many times on the drop. It is also a great presentation to count down to a certain depth and "swim" the fly horizontally past structure.
Prepare to lose a few flies.
Have fun
Let's go fishing.