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Went down to Baptist yesterday sun up to sun down. While the river wasn't as crazy low and clear as it has been it is still awfully low. I had a new articulated pattern I've been tying to test out so I started out chucking that. Caught about a half dozen doing that including one decent brown until I decided to head back to the car and shed a few layers.

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I switched out the six for my nymph rod back at the car. I did pretty well. The stockers especially liked the rainbow warrior I had on a dropper a foot up from my point fly. Then I caught this big guy.

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I was nymphing through a hole with a lot of structure. My sighter just stopped. I didn't feel a tug or anything. I've lost about a billion flies to snags in this hole and I figured that's what had just happened. I raised my rod to pull my nymphs out of the snag and see brownzilla come flying upstream with my flies. It was quite a fight to keep it out of all the down timber but eventually I got where I could net it. My sister got me a nice new net for Christmas but its kind of small. After failed netting attempt number one it got a second wind. I try again and no dice, its just not going to fit. The river bottom drops right off where I was so I had to get it down stream to shallower water and attempt to wrangle it. I finally get the fish to hand measure it against my rod, snap a pic and release it real quick. I was worried I over worked it, and not too happy about beaching it in the shallows but after holding it in the current a few seconds it shot back down into the hole I caught it out of. Hopefully it's still swimming in there getting bigger. I caught plenty more but that's the last one I remember or really care about.

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-Mike

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Great fish and story. Were you fishing upstream between Baptist and Tan Vat or downstream of Baptist?

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Awesome. Thanks for sharing.

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Great fish and story. Were you fishing upstream between Baptist and Tan Vat or downstream of Baptist?

I was downstream. I ended up wading way past Ashley. Bush whacking is a little easier in the winter so I was able to get past where I usually have to turn around.

-Mike

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Mike,

There's a lot of good water around Ashley. Did you catch any smallmouth? I usually would catch a couple even in Jan/Feb below the cabin downstream from the confluence with Ashley.

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How about pics of the 2 fly's your talking about??

Thanks for the story, always good to read these rather than the news!!

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Mike,

There's a lot of good water around Ashley. Did you catch any smallmouth? I usually would catch a couple even in Jan/Feb below the cabin downstream from the confluence with Ashley.

I caught a little one and a few sunfish. I've always thought about bringing a popper and working my way up Ashley while I'm there.

How about pics of the 2 fly's your talking about??

Thanks for the story, always good to read these rather than the news!!

I'll get a pic of them and the fly I caught the big brown on.

-Mike

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