Friday, May 29, 2009

Catfish...On The Fly Rod?


Fly Cat
Originally uploaded by ...olson family...
I was content with scoring a couple small bass at our friend’s place in Superior. I was fishing a Murray’s Strymph, which is a great all purpose fly for those situations when you are totally clueless. It turns out that this streamer/nymph combo is more versatile then I realized. Designed for Shenandoah River smallmouth bass, the Strymph was too much for an 18” catfish to resist. We returned to Superior on Memorial Day. Within fifteen minutes of chucking a Strymph a 19” cat took the offering. So you can catch catfish on a fly rod, provided you have a pocket full of smallmouth flies.

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