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Monday after work I was trying to scout some areas on a smaller creek for whatever might be hiding in there, hopefully some carp. I tied on an olive bugger size 10 and found a small hole with a little depth to it. I made a cast to the head of the pool and as soon as it hit the water a 6 smallie smashed it. I was pulling him in when 2 much larger smallies tried to have him for dinner. I didnt expect to find good size smallmouth in this area but clearly I was wrong so I shuffled though the fly boxes for something a bit bigger. BINGO! Size 4 bunny leach! It was on now. Ended up pulling 15 smallies out of a few different holes with 6 fish being between 12-16.
On my way back I spotted a lone carp in a 20 x 30 shallow pool. I put on a size 8 stone fly nymph and after 4 off target casts I landed it 6 in front of his nose. I saw the gills flair and set the hook! He wasnt the biggest carp, went 25, but in such close quarters it was an amazing fight. I was real lucky to land this guy, had to work him out of the hole and into very shallow riffle section to land him. What a blast!
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On my way back I spotted a lone carp in a 20 x 30 shallow pool. I put on a size 8 stone fly nymph and after 4 off target casts I landed it 6 in front of his nose. I saw the gills flair and set the hook! He wasnt the biggest carp, went 25, but in such close quarters it was an amazing fight. I was real lucky to land this guy, had to work him out of the hole and into very shallow riffle section to land him. What a blast!
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