Poor Mans Permit

[Troutnut69]

Got out and waded the flats on one of my local reservoirs this past weekend. The carp were surprisingly absent but there were loads of drum cruising around with an appetite and an attitude! In a couple of trips I ended up with two fish over 30 inches (my personal best for drum) and lots of fish between 3 - 5 pounds. Definitely a good time and I'm already looking forward to getting back at em when I get a chance.

A few pics on the blog.....Jeff

http://highplainsflyfisher.blogspot.com/

[Justin Spencer]

Beats going all the way to the gulf to catch redfish and black drum on the flats, and basically the same thing, looks like fun!

[Flysmallie]

Ran across your post on another site. Nice size drum but those gills and crappie were awesome.

[Jack Jones]

Looks like a lot of fun. I've never caught one of those. What flies/size were you using for those?

[Troutnut69]

Thanks guys....I like to use a size #6 or #8 fly for both drum and carp. My go-to fly is basically a wooly bugger with a set of small dumbell eyes or bead-chain used for weight and a couple of rubber legs. I usually palmer a like colored hen hackle or pheasant rump feather around the head of the fly which gives it a little more action when I'm twitching the fly right in front of their face as well.

[Smalliebigs]

Troutnut69, I'm with Smallie those Crappie and gill are sweet on the fly and to be honest the food on your blog looks the best....man that looks like some good eats out on the river......your pics are sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ozark trout fisher]

I enjoyed your blog, and reports about fly fishing for drum, carp, and other rough fish really provides a much needed fresh perspective. We get caught up in chasing smallies and trout and forget that there's a whole world of other species out there worth fishing for. Drum are a heck of a lot of fun, and while I've never really targeted them, I'm always more than happy to hook into one. It's weird how some species that are such good sport end up getting labeled as "trash." Drum are ugly I suppose, but fight just as hard as anything that swims in fresh water.

All your blog posts about chasing carp and other rough fish have caused me to spend some time out there fishing for them this year on the local creeks, but thus far I've been met with 0 success. Humbling stuff when what I used to think were uneducated trash fish kick my butt on the water while the "refined" smallmouth in the same stream are relatively easy pickings. But it's definitely a fun new challenge.

[Jack Jones]

care to post a picture and/or recipe for that fly Troutnut?