I could have caught about 10 or 12 more if I'd had a hook on my bubble.
The fish kept hitting the bubble... so I switched to a lead weight... and you guessed it... the fish hit the lead weight. (Looking back, I think the 4 to 5 foot leader was too long. Next I'm making it 1 to 2 foot long.. hopefully the fish chasing the bubble will see the fly.)
My "fly rod", a 13.5 foot rod, line, and no reel hooked all the fish. But because the Tenkara rod is so light you can't use leaders stronger than 5# test. My largest PB on the Tenkara today was 2 pounds. Those 3 and 4 pound PB and LMB kept breaking the leader. It was good fun catching the red devilsw and bass under a pound, but when one of the big guys hit, you could kiss the fly goodby ande start re-rigging.
There was scattered and light schooling action from the dam all the way back to the "County Yard", and that cove where all the big bamboo is. (south fork) If you couod get your lure into the splashing action you'd get a hit... even if it was a hit on the bubble.
Tough fishing... saw a lot of PB and Red Devils that ran away when I cast to them. Lots of follows and swirls at the lures... fish just didn't seem that aggrrssive.
There were a bunch of these guys around.
You had to get them into the boat quick before one of the big guys grabbed it.
The under a pound size are fun on the light whippy Tenkara rod.
The red devils were really spookie today.
This was my 2# PB... the larger fish broke my light leader.
With a mouth so big... how come they go for the small lures and flys?
