06-22-2021, 11:21 AM
(06-22-2021, 01:50 AM)Anglinarcher Wrote: Those kitties are just weird. Two years ago I was checking out the North Marina about this time of year and there was a mayfly hatch happening near the little creek that comes in. I had my fly rod in the truck so I figured with all of the activity, fish rolling on the mayflies, I could at least catch a crappie or two.
Before the action had quit, I had caught Catfish on a dry fly, I caught a Walleye on a dry fly, a perch on a dry fly, and .... did not catch a crappie. LOL
I guess that fish will just take what they find that is most abundant. Still, catfish and walleye on a dry fly had never happened again, and may never again happen to me.
Never say never...or always. Those words do not fit with anglerism.
Over the years I have caught just about all species on flies...and most on "topwater"...or dries. One of my wildest sessions happened on Utah Lake a lot of years ago. I was wading and fishing around the edges of reeds and stickups for the largemouths that were more common in those days. It was after dark but with bright moonlight. I was working a deer hair mouse and had picked up a few largies when I noticed some slurping and rolling a few yards down the shoreline. Trying to be careful not to spook the fish I sloshed down to get into casting range. Imagine my surprise when the first taker was a walleye. And the next half dozen as well before I put them down. Didn't get a good look at what they were feeding on...probably young fry of some species...but they accepted the deer hair mouse okay.
I have caught grundles of cats on topwater. Best action was on Chatfield Reservoir in Denver. While float tubing and pitching plastics for smallies along the shore I noticed some big swirls along a weedy stretch of shoreline. Traded my spinning rod for the fly rod and tied on a hopper pattern. I had noticed that a hopper blowing off the shore and into the water was quickly snarfed in a big boil. Those hopper munchers turned out to be big channel cats. Got several up to about 10 pounds that afternoon. A lot of work but fun.