I went to a local pond today where there are a bunch of Redear sunfish and caught some nice ones with a 5 wt. fly rod. I was using a size 12 parachute Adams on 4lb tippet and it worked pretty good. They put up a fun fight on light line and look like a trout when they suck the fly in off the top. Thanks for watching!
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Fly Fishing for Huge Bluegill!
In this video I head out with my 5 weight fly rod to fish for some massive bluegill in a pond. The bite was slow at first but we found some big bluegill and caught a bunch.
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Fly Fishing For Pet Alligator Gar Food!
In this video, I bring my fly rod to a local creek to catch gambusia minnows to feed my pet alligator gar! I caught two with the fly rod and then the rest in a dip net and the gar devoured them.
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Fly Fishing for Tailing Carp
After a couple inches of rain this past week I decided to try and catch some carp on a fly rod. The carp go up shallow and eat bugs and worms in the newly flooded grass. I found a grass carp tailing and put the San Juan worm in his face and he sucked it in. He gave a good 15 min fight and was fun...