Slow Labor Day gill chasing

A local oil change shop had a 50% off sale today , so at 10:00 , I was fourth in line for a 10 minute oil change . Which means I should have been getting my turn around 10:40 , it was closer to 11:00 and took about 18 minutes to complete. Still not bad .

I got to Lake McIntosh around 11:40 .
Mainly I wanted to try out a couple of combos and hoped I’d catch a few gills in the process.
I took a 5’5” DAIWA Tsukiza Beauty Aging Rod , UL rod paired with a Carbon X 1000s reel and a 6’ TFO UL rod that I put the Carbon X reel on because it was lighter than the Daiwa Legalis lt1000 I had on it . Line was Daiwa J-braid and 4# Floroclear leader .
I liked the TFO/Carbon X combo the best .
The Ajing rod was xx fast , IMO , only flexing in the top 12” without a lot of pull on the line .

Lure used was a Size 10 Lil’ Nasty sickle hook with a 4mm tungsten bead and a couple wraps of chenille and mini trout magnet body , resembling a nymph .

As I said in my opening, the fishing was slow and I only landed five small to medium gills in a little over an hour fishing which included some reel swapping and a ten minute talk with the local Marshal , who checked my license.
The TFO rod is new and so far I’m liking it .

Next trip out I’m going back to my 2# Floroclear for fishing the micro jigs .
Any time on the water is fun .

Nice. Good looking combos

Good red and outing. Hopefully things will improve with the cooler fall weather.

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Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie

Good red and outing. Hopefully things will improve with the cooler fall weather.

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Night temps are supposed to drop into the 60’s later this week. That’ll help drop the water temps a little. I hope

I’d rather fish winter than I had summer.

Glad you got to get out. Pretty fish. Many Ajing rods can be wickedly fast for sure. I had some TFO rods back I think it was around 2010 or so. Weather has cooled here and am going back to honey hole tomorrow. Not sure what I’ll find but if all else fails should get a bunch of 7 inch shell cracker.


Regards


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Originally Posted by Alphahawk

Glad you got to get out. Pretty fish. Many Ajing rods can be wickedly fast for sure. I had some TFO rods back I think it was around 2010 or so. Weather has cooled here and am going back to honey hole tomorrow. Not sure what I’ll find but if all else fails should get a bunch of 7 inch shell cracker.


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Good luck tomorrow!
I had a lot of competition today with it being a holiday. Most of my spots were taken.

Nice fish. Very chilly here in SE PA this AM. 52! WooEee! Absolutely beautiful day. Will be heading out to chase some in a short while!
Bob

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Originally Posted by BobC

Nice fish. Very chilly here in SE PA this AM. 52! WooEee! Absolutely beautiful day. Will be heading out to chase some in a short while!
Bob

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Good luck with your chase !
It’s cooler here this morning, 76 , humid , and cloudy. Going up to 85 . Beats 95 , like it’s been.
I’m spending the morning pulling braid off a few reels and replacing it with 2# Floroclear.
They’re dropping the water level at the reservoir I usually fish for the fall and winter already. Soon the high banks will be gone and I will be standing at water level to fish and I can safely beach my catch .

Glad you got to go play. I like the colors.