My Mom recently wanted to know what a chunkster is. Since the dictionary has yet to account for words I make up, I thought my answer is worthy of illustration. I have better, bigger bream pics, but this one from yesterday provides a grandson illustration – always a bonus. In the Deep South big bluegills (aka bream) are known as "T-bream", but that is probably not one you want to cover with your mom.
Thanks to Lake Braddock bream, my popper/dropper combo is still producing.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
New Fly Rod
I have a new fly rod off the discount shelf at Walmart. For just under $20 I have a 6/7 weight that really meets my needs for warmwater fly fishing. My 8 weight is a bit heavy handed given the number of panfish I catch in between bass; my 5 weight may be insufficient for a bigin'. I have yet to hook into a bass with my new rod less the two toddler largemouth I caught this morning.
So far the fall transition has me a bit flummoxed. My popper and wet fly dropper combo is no longer producing the non-stop action of earlier months. I mixed in my spinning rod to my approach this morning, but I had no luck on my normally reliable smoke white tube. I suppose the fishing is picking up later in the day but given family responsibilities I only have early weekend mornings to fish. With the later sunrise subtracting fishing time, and the abatement of the summer morning bite, I may be looking at many more mornings like today: two crappie, two baby bass, and one missed (adult) bass bite. Back to the drawing board, but I like my new rod, and did I mention I only paid about $20 for it?
So far the fall transition has me a bit flummoxed. My popper and wet fly dropper combo is no longer producing the non-stop action of earlier months. I mixed in my spinning rod to my approach this morning, but I had no luck on my normally reliable smoke white tube. I suppose the fishing is picking up later in the day but given family responsibilities I only have early weekend mornings to fish. With the later sunrise subtracting fishing time, and the abatement of the summer morning bite, I may be looking at many more mornings like today: two crappie, two baby bass, and one missed (adult) bass bite. Back to the drawing board, but I like my new rod, and did I mention I only paid about $20 for it?
Sunday, September 14, 2008
More Fly Fishing
My spinning and casting rods have not gotten a lot of use lately. I guess I have the warm water fly fishing bug. I hit Lake Braddock in my float tube this morning and threw the same popper/ wet fly dropper rig I had tied on from my last excursion to Lake Braddock. I got one largemouth on the first couple casts -- not a big one but good fun on a fly rod. A good reason to fly fish Lake Braddock is the bream population, which occasionally delivers chunksters upwards of nine inches. I got a couple big bream this morning, a bunch of small ones, and the one bass; I have done better but this was fun. As the fall transition approaches I may have to revert back to traditional bass tactics. But for now, I am happy with my fly rod and my float tube.
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