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Last night I got my old , custom , 6’6” Lamiglas 3wt. fiberglass flyrod out and dusted it off .
Matched it up with an old Pflueger single action reel and took off for the pond this morning.
Only had a little over an hour to fish .
Started off with a size 12 spider fly and on my second cast , caught a nice bluegill, the biggest today .
Put a nice bend in the old glass rod .
Caught five total , the rest small , with the last one caught on a hopper .
That's a nice lookin setup and some good catches!
Nice looking fly rod
Those old Pfluegers are just beautiful, simple reels. I have several of different sizes, all made in America. The purring of the drag is musical to my ears. I also have an Orvis one from back when they had them private labeled for their glass rods. They will last for multiple generations.
Bob
Very nice!
Dang you gotta love some action on a bug wand! Thanks for sharing the evening jaunt.
Another quick trip this morning.
I didn’t get to the pond until around 11:30 and fish about an hour .
Short trip dodging thunderstorms.
Long enough to catch three gills on my old 6’ Fenwick flyrod , using hand tied foam spiders .
Love topwater action with the flyrod.
Gotta love those old Fenwicks!
Wish they still made them.Quote:
Originally Posted by moonrunner
I’d like to have a 6’6” 2 wt .
This little six footer is actually a five wt.
Another quick trip to the pond this morning.
Hot and humid with very little wind .
Fished just a tad over an hour and caught four fish using my 5’9” Cabelas CGT fiberglass fly rod .
2 gills , a shellcracker, and a small LM .
I wanted to use my new Butterstick, but needed to try out the CGR with the 5 wt line , I changed to .
The line worked great .
Going up two line weights allow easier short casts .
My usual casts are 20-25 feet or less . I usually try to parallel the bank with short casts .
When I left the pond around 10:30 , there was only one person walking the track . Too hot and humid for them .
With heat indices here over 100 its too hot for almost anything, including walking and fishing :yikes
I agree !Quote:
Originally Posted by StantheMan2567
I go out in the mornings for short periods to places I know have some shade .
A little breeze helps .
I can’t take the heat like I used to .
Nice catches! 90's and humid up here also.
The heat here in KY is brutal like everywhere right now. I don't tolerate it like I used to. But I love to fish. Usually try to be in the water at daylight and if before the sun gets high in the sky.
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Spent a little over an hour this morning throwing a foam bug on my 2wt Butterstick.
Only caught three gills , but one was respectable.
A little windy this morning but it felt cooler because of it even it it did make casting tough .
Thought I’d add this morning’s trip to this post because it is the quickest trip I’ve made in awhile.
28 minutes from the time I got out of my vehicle to when I got back to my vehicle.
I went to the town pond mainly because it has a shaded bank on the dam side and the temperature was already in the mid 80’s headed to a forecasted 102 .
When I made it over tho the shaded side , I was greeted with a heavy stagnant looking film , from one end of the dam to the other , with the corners the worst .
I made two casts from the center of the dam trying to keep my fly line off the film.
I was headed to the local reservoir that has the big dock and decided to fish the bridge area even though it was in direct sunlight . But at least it wasn’t covered up in the film as bad as the other side .
First cast with my Butterstick and I hooked up with a nice gill . Turned out to be the heaviest I’ve caught on the Butterstick judging from the bend of the rod when I picked up the gill out of the water .
The next three catches I grabbed the line and picked the gills up .
Caught four total in about fifteen minutes including the old guy who has the puffy lips , that I’ve caught four times now . His/her lips seem to be healing up .
Glad to see it still in the pond .
Nice catches. That Zero reel looks good on the Butterstick.