On Saturday, May 3, 2014 9:46:29 PM UTC-4, Allan wrote: > > Gorgeous day here in Indiana. Took an Arborist friend from Indpls down > to the southern part of the county to an orchard he'd never heard of > which is owned by a friend who used to work with me. He was VERY > impressed. She has over 7,000 apple trees, plus peaches, strawberries, > raspberries, etc. We found her in the greenhouse and ended up buying > some plants. I mentioned we were going over to a DNR site to try to > tease a fish or two. She said, "These two ponds over there (pointing) > have a ton of fish if you'd like to fish here. But....." I spoke up > and said, "We're strictly catch and release." She said good. > > We caught a ton of fish. The ONLY fly that worked well I'll have to > call the Ziegerbug. It's a bug that Rick Zieger sent me. Rick's bug has > speckled rubber legs. I didn't have any, so I tied some of them with > solid rubber that I had marked with a Sharpie. It looks like most of the > Sharpie wore off after catching so many bluegills. (1st attachment) I > don't know what Rick tied the body with, but I used black ice dub body > with mallard feather tail and a duck-quill wing case. Weight was 1/8" > brass bead on a size 10 94840 hook. > > I out-fished my buddy, but he took the cake with a 11+ inch bluegill. > Gorgeous fish. (2nd attachment). It looks kinda small in his hands, > but he is 6-10" tall and the rest of his body is proportional. His > hands are huge. > > It was good to actually feel the tug of a different fish on the OTHER > end of the rod again. > af > > -- > Allan Fish > Greenwood, IN > >
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