It was really windy yesterday and I hadn't planned on fishing, but the wife suggested I go for awhile after dinner and I figured if she's OK with it so am I.

Since it was so windy I took out the 8 wt but it was still a chore in the wind and I only had a small corner of the pond sort of protected from the wind and a lot of weed has grown up (I think it is Milfoil but not sure) around the banks.

Tried a white chartreuse #6 clouser and a olive woolly bugger without even a bump. The strong wind and my lousy casting form resulted in a couple of wind knots and I spent some time getting a fly out of a tree.

As it got near dark the wind died down considerably. I saw some surface activity and tied on a popper. The weeds (Milfoil?) were mostly a couple of inches below the surface so I didn't get too much junk fouling up the popper.

I caught this one (about 10 inches) and was glad the day wasn't a skunk




After that I managed to hook another tree when a saw a bass break the surface and got excited and neglected to check where my backcast was going. Luckily it came out with a gentle tug on the line.

It was getting dark and I was about ready to leave when I caught this one that went a little over 12 inches. He ran me into the weeds and I was glad I had a 10# tippet.



Both hit after I stopped the popper for about 10 seconds. It's really fun to be able to see the bass attack the bug.

So basically nothing to brag about but it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick!

We'll done for persevereing, the rewards tell the tale, thanks for posting.

Couple nice ones on that popper ! I know that's Orvis reel , is that a Orvis rod as well ?

Nice post! Any time spent fishing is hard to beat!

Ronl,

Yes it's an Orvis Recon.

"Any time spent fishing is hard to beat!"


That's so true. And it's nice to have a wife that tells me to go fishing.

Thanks Banker.

Sometimes my stubbornness is my best quality Linecaster.

If your fly is not in the water you won't catch a fish. Nothing wrong being stubborn about staying on the water.