2023 Flyfishing Fish Pics

[FishnDave]

 

[FishnDave]

34.5"

 

[BilletHead]

           Long and lean swimming machine that grassy is. Well done, Dave.

[FishnDave]

[FishnDave]

9 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

           Long and lean swimming machine that grassy is. Well done, Dave.

Thanks!  I caught 4....the other 3 were much smaller.  34"+ is pretty nice for this creek...I've caught a few others around that size, and biggest in the creek so far was 36.5".  My biggest ever was a fat 41" fish that weighed around 35 lbs.  This skinny 34.5" fish was probably only @ 15 lbs at best.  Very glad to have caught it!

[FishnDave]

 

[FishnDave]

 

[FishnDave]

Redspotted Sunfish:

Longear Sunfish:

Thanks to @Johnsfolly and @Ham for helping me I.D. this fish, it was a first for me.  Blackspotted Topminnow:

 

 

[FishnDave]

Between tying flies for a friend and picking my wife up from the airport, I squeezed in some hot (90 degrees) fishing at (as @Ham calls it) Beatdown Creek.  Miserable place on most days...doubly worse on hot days.

First (little) Channel Catfish of the year...my 2023 Flyrod Species total is now at 58.  Best year ever, with over 1/2 year to go.  New species for the year will get much harder to come by from here on out...travel will be required.

 

[FishnDave]

When I pulled this out of the water, I was REALLY hoping it was a baby Flathead Catfish...but it isn't.  Yellow Bullhead:

Shortnose Gar:

Lots of snakes seen.  I was really excited to see the big black Western Ratsnake stretched across the trail (right half of picture below).  It let me take some pictures and then I edged around it and we both went on our separate ways.