The Big One got away :)

[gillchaser999]

I borrowed the wife Rav4 since my truck is still smashed and hit the town pond for about forty five minutes this afternoon.
I took my new St Croix Panfish 5’ ULM paired with a Shimano Nasci 500 with 2# P-line .
In a hurry to get out of the house, I grabbed the wrong tackle bag , my soft plastics bag instead of my hand tied jigs and flies .
Luckily, I found a small box of hand ties in the bag that had a couple of my spider ties in there.
I rigged up a tandem rig , with a 1/64 jighead with a green/black Trout Magnet on bottom and a spider fly about 10” above it .
I fished this combo with a small float for about 15-20 minutes without a take .
Took the float off and fish the combo , twitching it across the bottom.
On My third cast , I felt the thump , raised the rod , and it was on . The fish made several runs, even pulling drag a little and then just came unhooked .
Man was I disappointed.
Took awhile to get my next hookup , although I had a couple of light thumps that didn’t produce .
Ended up with this little fellow before I had to get back home . Pretty colors .
Felt good to get out again .
I’m still paranoid driving. It’ll take awhile to get over my wreck last week .