a quick warmwater report

went out with the old man for a few hours,this was te first time ive  ever targeted  bluegill whe the weather is rather chilly, but i managed to entice a few fish.slowly dragging a nymph in 3-6 ft of water seemed to work well.   i ended up with a dozen bluegill ,1 crappie and a bunch of small perch not bad for 3-4 hours on a chilly day no big scrappy gills but two really surprised me by taking m fly right at the bank then taking off. this gets me excited for warm weather. Another plus, i didnt lose anything on this trip for some reason  usually im getting caught in trees and getting tangled left and right.

the water has warmed

The weather has been excellent in the valley lately so i hit a local pond hoping for some warm water species on the fly. Only fished for 3 hours and ended up with 50+ bluegill  All very aggressive,hard fighting and most were very fat and quite large. I was also surprised with a half dozen crappie nice and a perch. I saw fish moving around in shallow water, eating damselfly nymphs and such. Most effective areas were shaded spots, coves and weed lines i would just cast the fly and use slow long strips or simply pull my rod towards my side and the fish would smash my fly. Fly of the day was a #12 possie  bugger,also caught 2 fish on a peacock soft hackle, They were not very willing to take dries But man it was a blast.  I want to say that The  Pictures do not do most of these fish justice..  They were a handful on my little 4wt it was bent in half with every fish! i got so bored with taking pictures so eventually i turned the camera,But here are a few decent ones and some of the smaller fish  this will keep me held over for the trout opener next saturday..atleast i hope