Dogman Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Went out to my favorite spot in Chippawa Creek last night. The water was calm and smooth. I waded out to the drop off and started casting. I started with a black beetle imitation and it got hammered on the second cast. The night went that way until dusk. Anything that made a noticeable "plop" when it hit the water was taken almost immediately. When it started getting dark I switched to a bigger hopper imitation. I was casting along the bank as I started to head back to my car when a decent sized bass jumped clear out of the water at my fly. Sadly it missed. I'd say it was about three pounds. Very nice compared to the little ones I had been catching all night (less than a pound mostly). Ended up with a couple small mouth and a couple rock bass with a lot of near misses. The bass were hungry and very aggressive. I even hooked up while dragging a fly moving from one spot to another. I am just loving fishing terrestrial flies. Can't wait until I can get out and try some for trout!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogman Posted September 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Here is my updated hopper fly pattern and here is the beetle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnfishguy11 Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Im interested in getting out fishing with you... pm me and we can try and meet up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogman Posted September 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Sounds great. I am available a few nights during the week (not Wed or Fri), Saturdays and Sunday afternoons. Let me know what works for you and we'll find a time to get together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnfishguy11 Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 If you got time tonight send me a message Im thinking of headin out after some bass ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakFisher Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 I love the grasshopper pattern, it got me some good action up in algonquin this week. i want to try the beetle too, looks awesome. last week, I was up at gibson and walking along the path that follows the little creek and as i walked through the grass i kept scaring up a bunch of hoppers that would jump into the water. It was interesting to see what they looked like and how they behaved once they hit the water. really helped a lot into how I should present them. It seems that once they hit the water, they would have a burst of energy to try and get back to shore, but it would be short lived and they would only swim about a foot. then they would have short little swims followed by long rests of 3-5 seconds or more. i tried mimicking this in my presentation and was rewarded with fish. hope your luck continues with the hopper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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