I visited my usual haunts on the Paluxy this weeked; a stretch between big rocks and the Brazos and an area down stream of Dinosaur Valley State Park. I consider this my river. I have visited it since I was a kid and have fished it a couple dozen times in the last few years. It is beautiful and rarely dissapoints. That was the case this weekend.
This was the largest bass of the day, I hooked a 4 or 5 pounder but my #10 nymph couldn't keep the connection for me!
I rigged up a popper dropper rig with a # 10 Solar Flare Boogle Bug and a 3 foot section of 3x fluorocaron ending in this new bead headed Bee fly. It really did the trick on the sunfish in the deeper sections. I caught around a dozen Black Crappie and about as many chunky Red Ears.
Fishin' Durrty
After lunch I made my way to a different section of the river that was only around 2 feet deep and gin clear. The number of fish was amazing. Suckers, Carp, 4 species of sunfish, catfish, large mouths and spotted bass and turtles everywhere... The best part of the day was stumbling on a colonial nesting site of red ears. Site casting to big, spooky sunfish in a foot of water was awesome.
Check out those colors...
Stop bugging me
Crawfish, its whats for dinner!
In the shallow water this natural colored hares ear worked well
If you want a great burger and a cold beer check out the Green Pickle in Downtown Glen Rose!
You can pick up a bee fly for yourself at www.Millersflyshop.com
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awesome pics
ReplyDeleteN-i-c-e!
ReplyDeleteGreat gills, what kind of camera are you using? The pics are super sharp.
ReplyDeleteI use a Nikon D3000 set on "fine" with the vibration reduction on.
ReplyDeleteThanks!