FishnDave

Yes! I had that happen a week ago! I thought I was alone fishing a creek... heard voices, but assumed it was folks on the adjacent trail... when 2 angles came around the corner with spinning gear as I was trying to photograph the Logperch I'd just caught...in the photo bag. We talked for awhile... they were nice, understood the gist of what I was doing (after I explained it). They went on by me and continued fishing their way down the creek... kindly passing up the next good-looking pool for my benefit. I'm glad I took some pics of the logperch out of the bag too... as the ones in the bag didn't turn out very good. That was opposite for the Orangethroat Darter... decent pics in the bag, bad ones out of it.

You may be right. Just a year ago, I had no plan to microfish. Look at me grow! I've caught at least a dozen new-to-me species on micro-flies this year! Occasionally neighbors walking by, as I'm unloading my fishing gear after a trip, will ask me if I caught anything. "Yes! Little minnows!" They never talk to me again. 😏

ok. yes. very true. I admit I AM doing it the way I want to. Not the best nor easiest way. 😁 We all love a good challenge, do we not?

I see restrooms at all three landings?

Something about this reminds me of something often found swinging below the hitch of a redneck's pickup truck. Boy skate?

Let me know if you need a spot. Are there some in your area?

I think you are right! I've got one, finally. I may just throw the white flag at the others.

I've been doing quite a bit of microfishing lately. Felt the need to catch some larger fish. Went after Grass Carp on fly.... Caught 10! Six were caught in the span of 43 minutes! Also caught 3 Largemouth Bass, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Bluegill, 2 White Bass and 3 Freshwater Drum.

Too cool not to share....

Striped Shiners: Creek Chub: Yellow Bullhead:

Fly species #79 for 2024, #140 Flyfetime, #120 Fly Freshwater.... Northern Sunfish!

Knocked another one off the list! Caught my Flyfer Northern Sunfish! Drove 8 hours (round trip) on Saturday. Caught a dozen or so. That completes this list on fly (which doesn't include the recently separated Longear species):

Great job! Darters are hard! Or... maybe they are for just me. 😏

Congrats on the darters and logperches! Not easy fish to catch!

I've put in some effort, for sure. I'd like to say I saw this fish and presented the fly to him.... but it was pure luck. I did not see it at all. I lifted the fly from the water and the fish was already on it. I saw and presented to many smaller darters...a few were even hooked briefly. I'd like to know where these bigger ones hide. It's still a mystery to me.

And also.... You've got this! So... let me know if I should parlay this into a 3-peat for next year.

No pressure, @Ham .... but I've put a LOT OF MONEY on a parlay on both FanDuel and DraftKings... on you reaching your goal of 2nd Consecutive Year of 100 Species on Fly. My retirement and my son's grad school is riding on this. Again... no pressure!

That Steelcolor is COOL! 😃👍

#2, 3, 4, 6, and 7.... Are "goals accomplished" thus far.... ALL because @Ham researched locations and put us on those fish. He certainly deserves a great deal of the credit for all of those... and he also gets credit for encouraging me enough to put in the windshield time to go fish with him!

You're focused on the 100 species on fly thing again, right?

Next trip to that spot, I went upstream instead of downstream. 10 Species this trip. 3 Flyfers... Bigeye Shiner, Ozark Minnow, and finally an adult darter landed (not counting the logperch, which is a darter)... an Orangethroat Darter:

The Louisiana fish are in a post of their own. Since returning.... I've made a couple "micro" trips... because @Ham said "I've got a Darter spot you should try. Close to you." First trip resulted in catching 9 species. Two most interesting were a very small Walleye, and Flyfer Ozark Logperch!