Finally landed my first fish with my flyrod (saltwater, anyway). Been wading a few times this week, and plenty of little fish were tugging on the tails of my flies, but until today I wasn't landing them. That all changed at the clam bar. I had been down there for about an hour and a half, and was about to give up and go home, when I saw some baitfish running from something. A couple casts later I brought in my first fish caught with the flyrod--a ladyfish about 15" long. Well, after that I just kept catching them. The school would swim off and about the time I would think it was time to leave, they would come back. I caught at least 15 ladyfish. the smallest was about a foot and the largest went about 2 feet. the 2 footer really took some line--almost into the backing! I think the coolest part was catching them on a fly that I tied!
In case you were wondering what damage a fly might get after a run in with a school of ladyfish, well here you go:
This is what it looked like before the school (it is the bottom fly):
Man, flyfishing is pretty cool--especially when you are catching!
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--Karl Popper
