Gill chasing

Headed out this morning around ten and headed to my closest creek that is available to me .
Flat Creek feeds Starr’s Mill pond and continues below the dam where I’m able to fish .
We had a heavy thunderstorm late last night and the water was stained and running faster than I’d like .
But I decided to give a try using my two ultralight Buttersticks (1wt & 2wt) and an ultralight 3wt. CGR .
I caught 4 small redbreast, a green sunfish and a small LM before I decided to explore another spot , another county water reservoir that was around twenty minutes away .
At lake Horton I was surprised to see very few people there like there used to be before the county tightened up on out of county users , charging an annual fee for a permit.
After fishing for about an hour I remembered why I didn’t bank fish there much . The water available to fish is super shallow in almost every spot available to bank fish .
I did manage to catch about ten small bluegills and a small redear that flopped out of my hand before I could snap a picture.
On my way back toward home , I stopped at the mill again and caught a few more redbreasts and cool looking bluegill. And finally caught a beautiful green sunfish that made my day .

Takes skill to get those little ones. I always miss them

Really nice pics of great looking fish and definitely had the right gear.

You certainly were ready! Thanks for sharing

Terrific looking setups, gill. Thanks for the great photos and story. Very nice fish for your outing!
Bob

Some great colors on those fish. I could be happy chasing them a while. That’s a really nice trio of rods. Makes me want to look into a large arbor reel, has to regain line faster than what I have. Mine is all composite and much smaller, but it’s light and the drag is smooth.

Nice looking selection of rods! Pretty fish.
Bob