I am starting to pick up some nice channel catfish in about 10 feet of water. I have been sorting through lots of small catfish, but there are a few nice ones showing up.

Nice whisker fish!!! What fly are you using?

I call it a carp slayer minnow. Very simple deer or elk hair fly tied on a Mustad live bait hook. You can see the fly on the top of the catfish’s mouth. Here are some variations. They are not pretty, but they do catch fish.

Hmm little like a muddler minnow. Like it!

Exactly. A very short small muddler minnow. My carp slayer fly is like a muddler minnow head. It works pretty good on carp.

That’s a fat common! Great fish

The cats are getting bigger.

The catfish bite has slowed with my fly rod, but after hours of trying, I landed a nice channel catfish.

man
truly amazing

Good golly i bet those are fun fight. How long does it take the heart beat to get back to normal after landing one of those giants?!?

[quote=PerksOutdoors]Good golly i bet those are fun fight. How long does it take the heart beat to get back to normal after landing one of those giants?!?[/

That big boy was funny. It didn’t fight very hard at first. I did get a little excited and more serious when the tip of the tail popped out of the water about 3 feet from where the fly line entered the water. I have been blessed to be able to catch some really nice fish, but there are some that still get the heart going pretty good.