Thread: Fall is almost here!

Last year was the first time on Weiss I got to do some fishing in the middle of the fall. It was right around Thanksgiving, and went to winterize my camper and fish a little. When I arrived the wind was blowing about 20-30 mph and white capping. I could not put my boat in so I decided to float-n-fly a jig and throw around my dock. I could see the top of some of my brush so I targeted the brush I could see. while all this was going on a huge school of fish came up, busting shad like a school of bass! They were eating 3-4" thread fin shad. I would never believed it unless I had seen it myself. I tied on a 1/24th head under a float-n-fly cork and put on a monkey's milk chart. curly tail and targeted my brush that was in 6' of water with the jig set at 18" for the next 2 hours almost every cast was a fish! I have a cleaning board attached to my dock with 10" and 12" marks not one fish under 10" most over 12" and several over 14". That was one of those days you remember for ever. I had a friend show up about 11:00 am after deer hunting and handed him my favorite rod and he proceeded to wack fish while I ran to my out building to get another rod! I was like a school kid filled with excitement! One thing I did notice was opaque colors worked the best! with monkey's milk killing it! Have any of you guys noticed that the fall bait colors change? The creek Im in except the spring is a tannic color, in the fall more a cleaner green. I hope to time it right this fall where I can get my boat in before the water level drops where I can't put in my creek? Later I will share some pic's of the baits I making for the fall!

those maribou's look nice. do you tie those yourself. I often use a tube that is the reverse of that color scheme.