2 years ago I caught my first bass (4lbs but the size was
immaterial!) it was on the lure and although it was one of those significant
firsts it wasn’t the goal I was looking for… it really had to be on the fly!
Through various commitments I have had to wait until this year to connect.
If I turn the clock back 12 months I found myself in Devon
for a long weekend with my wife… an urge to fish and tip off saw me at a mark VERY early one
morning… the result was a blank.
Fast forward to last weekend… Devon for a week… and I fished
4 separate marks on 5 occasions. It was last year’s mark that was fished twice…
the result was 1 fish on day 1 and 4 on day 2! Result!
The key word is “watch”… Yes, watch what is going on around
you, swirls or bait fish moving, they are all tell-tale signs of movement from
under the surface of the water… cast and retrieve… steady retrieve… stop and
retrieve… feel the take and the shrimp fly claims its fish. Interestingly I preferred not to match the
hatch but give the offering of the slower shrimp… would I have had more hits
using a match?
The biggest fish was estimated to be 26.5cm… not big but it
gets me off the blocks and I know what I’ll be concentrating on tying more of!
Oh the Bug-Bond treated fly lasted longer on the back casts clicking on the
rock!
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