Largemouth Bass Lineup

Largemouth Bass Lineup

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Weak Willed Part One

On Monday 09/24/2012 I decided to head out to the Monocacy for a quick fishing trip.  I hadn't planned to fish at all that day.  Melissa kept telling me to go but I didn't think I should.  I have orders to fill and crap to do around the house.  Finally I broke down.  I had walked outside and it was absolutely gorgoues out.  The temp was 70 degrees, the sun was out and shining, the sky was that color blue that reminds one of a painting and there was a slight breeze.  Normally by this time of year, I have turned my attention to the trout but something told me to head to the river and chase the smallies.  I am glad I listened to my inner voice.  Still fishing with the 6wt, I managed to land 19 long ears, 5 smallies, 1 bluegill, 1 red eyed rock and 1 fall fish.  All of them were on the Clouser in size 10 but all in various color combos.  The two most popular color combos seemed to be white/gray and chartreuse/yellow though.  Great times for sure.

A couple of quick thoughts from the outing though:
while low and clear, the water was fast
smoking a cigar while fishing is great...getting the cigar and your leader/tippet together isn't
rock fish bit hard, put up a hard fight and often refuse to surrender your fly
you need to tie up more Clousers as they were the bomb












3 comments:

  1. Listening to the "call" often times is some of the most rewarding experiences an angler can have. Nice pictures and assortment of fish. Go Clouser!

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  2. A Clouser is a fine fly. Caught my second ever trout on a fly rod with a Clouser.

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  3. Nice fish! Now about that inner voice thing. It called me last night at a very late hour asking that I remind you to get to work! Please have a talk with your inner voice and let him know that I'm usually sleeping a 1 am. Thanks!

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