Back at the pond for more fun

[BilletHead]

      Took a walk back to the pond i fished last week. Needed a fix. Crap on my mind and I needed some relief and to forget temporally.  A bit windy casting but manageable between gusts.  Thinking it would be another bass day I put on a three inch streamer. Smaller than the one I used last week. Two or three casts later my first bass followed by a couple more. Next cast another fish but not a bass but big bluegill. He engulfed the three inches,

  Then another gill,   Thought if this is going to happen I would rather catch these instead of another stinkin bass . The fly reel is four inches across for scale. Pretty nice bluegills  thought.  I sat inn the grass and tied on a smaller fly. A one inch dragonfly nymph. Early in the season I catch some pretty nice fish on the little fly. Bass included. From that one place I began to do real well then moved thirty feet to where i had the gusty wind to my back. If I got a decent back cast I could shoot line a bit higher than a normal cast and get some distance with the wind helping. 

   Totals were 20 bass and ten bluegill and in the ten bluegill not a dink in the bunch. The two flies used,

  

      BilletHead

          

 

[Terrierman]

19 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

      Took a walk back to the pond i fished last week. Needed a fix. Crap on my mind and I needed some relief and to forget temporally.  A bit windy casting but manageable between gusts.  Thinking it would be another bass day I put on a three inch streamer. Smaller than the one I used last week. Two or three casts later my first bass followed by a couple more. Next cast another fish but not a bass but big bluegill. He engulfed the three inches,

  Then another gill,   Thought if this is going to happen I would rather catch these instead of another stinkin bass . The fly reel is four inches across for scale. Pretty nice bluegills  thought.  I sat inn the grass and tied on a smaller fly. A one inch dragonfly nymph. Early in the season I catch some pretty nice fish on the little fly. Bass included. From that one place I began to do real well then moved thirty feet to where i had the gusty wind to my back. If I got a decent back cast I could shoot line a bit higher than a normal cast and get some distance with the wind helping. 

   Totals were 20 bass and ten bluegill and in the ten bluegill not a dink in the bunch. The two flies used,

  

      BilletHead

          

 

Love to eat bluegill.  I fillet even the smallish ones for a fish tender bite.  Nice day out and what a way to clear your mind.

[MOPanfisher]

Bluegill on a fly rod, nice day, no rushing about, excellent sir.

[Ham]

Well done.

[Seth]

I caught a big a big bull gill last weekend while crappie fishing. I'd almost forgotten how hard those little guys fight since I hadn't caught one in a long time! You could tell right away that it wasn't a crappie the way it was bull dogging and making those tight circles.

[Johnsfolly]

5 hours ago, Seth said:

I caught a big a big bull gill last weekend while crappie fishing. I'd almost forgotten how hard those little guys fight since I hadn't caught one in a long time! You could tell right away that it wasn't a crappie the way it was bull dogging and making those tight circles.

I have said it many times I don't think it's possible to land a 10 lb bluegill! Such great fighters. 

[Johnsfolly]

Marty congrats on a great pond fishing trip! Ultra simple and so rewarding when you reel in a bull gill!

I got into a few nice bluegill today, but that's a different story !

[BilletHead]

5 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

Marty congrats on a great pond fishing trip! Ultra simple and so rewarding when you reel in a bull gill!

I got into a few nice bluegill today, but that's a different story !

  I will be,waiting for that post,

BilletHead