New rod tryout @ Town pond

[gillchaser999]

First off , I know the new rod doesn’t fit my normal equipment collection.
It’s an 8’ 5wt . Heavier and longer than I usually fish .
But , Moonlit had a $50 off sale and I liked the color ; and I didn’t have an 8’ 5wt in fiberglass.
The rod feels heavy , I expected it to , I’m used to fishing one and two weight rods .
But , the rod will flat shoot a 5wt line out 60-70’ without as much false casting and effort that I use trying to cast my ultralights.
We had a good rain last evening and this morning the sky was overcast permitting me to fish the bridge side of the pond .
First cast with the new rod and a black/chartreuse spider and I’m hooked up . The rod was bending 3/4 of the way in a nice arc . In now time I landed my first fish , a nice 8” bluegill.
I caught three on the spider and switched to a woolybooger to try to entice a bass to eat .
No bass , but I caught two more bluegills, including the nice 9”er that has the deformed mouth that I’ve caught five times now . Catch and release works !
I was happy to see his lips were healing.
I put up the new rod and got out a 6’1” 1/2wt and caught two more gills . Seven total in an hour and fifteen minutes.
The fish looked a little stressed, I’m guessing from the heat the last few months .
The new rod is a keeper and will be a good boat rod , once I start getting my boat out this fall .
Here’s most of the catches , they were all nice fish this morning.