a warm little blueline

[Squatchin]

Josh's 2023 sunfish thread sent me on a little trip down memory lane.

When I lived in NC I had a small river/creek that was 10 minutes from my front door. Jam packed with sunfish and the occasional bass, catfish or other exotics. You could fish it year round but the spring and early summer were some of my most cherished fishing days. I think @Old Man would have appreciated. It formed many aspects my fishing ethos. Proof you didn't have to be on some far flung trout stream to reach fly fishing nirvana.

 

[rotato]

That looks fun
love those scrappy guys
and that chunky bass

 

[Buzzy]

Josh's 2023 sunfish thread sent me on a little trip down memory lane.

When I lived in NC I had a small river/creek that was 10 minutes from my front door. Jam packed with sunfish and the occasional bass, catfish or other exotics. You could fish it year round but the spring and early summer were some of my most cherished fishing days. I think @Old Man would have appreciated. It formed many aspects my fishing ethos. Proof you didn't have to be on some far flung trout stream to reach fly fishing nirvana.
View attachment 63769View attachment 63770View attachment 63771View attachment 63772View attachment 63773View attachment 63774View attachment 63775

That wagon wheel hub is super cool too, great fish pics.

 

[Squatchin]

I almost forgot the white bass run in early spring! Little crowded sometimes, but I was usually the only one tossing flies and in the middle of the river.