Owasso, Home Depot Pond

[DaddyO]

I couldn't resist posting in this thread. I live in Owasso which is a suburb north of Tulsa, OK. There are several ponds nestled among the housing editions in this town. I have been here long enough to watch this town grow from a small town to a healthy suburb with restaurants, movie theater and shopping malls. I got a late start, early 40's, on fly fishing and fly tying. I have had many enjoyable evenings, after work, hitting the ponds in my area with a fly rod and various flies.

The pond by the Home Depot is the one that I fish most often. I can always catch fish on this pond. Bass, Bluegill, perch hybrids, etc.. I usually use my 5wt, unless I am specifically targeting Bass, and then I use the 7wt.

I'll take a pic of the pond and post it to this thread later. For now, here's a pic of a nice hybrid which was caught on a modified version of a McGinty that I tied on a jig head hook.

[Greasy B]

I couldn't resist posting in this thread. I live in Owasso which is a suburb north of Tulsa, OK. There are several ponds nestled among the housing editions in this town. I have been here long enough to watch this town grow from a small town to a healthy suburb with restaurants, movie theater and shopping malls. I got a late start, early 40's, on fly fishing and fly tying. I have had many enjoyable evenings, after work, hitting the ponds in my area with a fly rod and various flies.

The pond by the Home Depot is the one that I fish most often. I can always catch fish on this pond. Bass, Bluegill, perch hybrids, etc.. I usually use my 5wt, unless I am specifically targeting Bass, and then I use the 7wt.

I'll take a pic of the pond and post it to this thread later. For now, here's a pic of a nice hybrid which was caught on a modified version of a McGinty that I tied on a jig head hook.

BigPerch.jpg

Either that is a very small 5wt or that is a very nice fish, excellent.

[DaddyO]

Either that is a very small 5wt or that is a very nice fish, excellent.

Normal size 5wt. Bruisers like that act like they are King of the Pond.

[Nick Williams]

Just a few photos from the same pond. Nothing huge. Caught that bullfrog on a topwater frog pattern I made up. Definitely was weird... That's a massive pannie!

[mic]

Nick, that frog pick is amazing.

[Flysmallie]

Nick, that frog pick is amazing.

Agree

[DaddyO]

Nice pics Nick!

[Tully]

I know exactly where you're fishing. I just moved to Table Rock Lake from Oologah,OK. You fish the pond by Kohl's too?

[DaddyO]

Tully, I don't know of a pond by Kohl's. There is a pond by Panera and it's overflow drains, under the highway, into the Home Depot pond. However, I do not know if there are still fish in that pond. Recently, it was mostly drained and then refilled, to accommodate an apartment complex land development project. While the project cleaned and landscaped the banks of the pond, I don't know if it did the pond any favors. Time will tell.

[Nick Williams]

Thanks for the compliments guys! Apps on the iPhone can do some amazing things with time and patience! I have fished the pond by kohls/panera, definitely never caught anything more than a few panfish here and there, and that's including spin fishing. I am assuming they will "stock" it now since the apartment complex is going up and they're building a walking trail around it. There's also a pond back behind Walmart behind the new nursing home/assisted living building going up, I've only been there once, saw/caught 0 fish.