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Brian Miller

Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting Cutthwoat Twout
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While fishing for trout with an 8' 3 weight
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Northern

Seeking SMB
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Oh yeah!! Time to dig this thread out for '23!

Was fishing an OP lake for trout when I heard a suspiciously loud splash back in a shallow bay. Swinging in, I found that it had warmed up to about 52°. A couple casts up towards the brushy shore with the white bugger I had on, a wake, and a heavy fight brought this guy to hand:
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Saw another fish swirl 80 ft down the shore, but my cast apparently whopped it on the head, as it thrashed and dove the instant the fly touched the water 😖

Switched to a gurgler just for kicks, and a few minutes later this one boiled on it:
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No other takes, but a great way to start off bass season!
(For this lake, I'd switched to my Old Guys playlist. One on RS's Angie, one on Cat Stevens' Wild World 😁)
 

skyriver

Life of the Party
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Oh yeah!! Time to dig this thread out for '23!

Was fishing an OP lake for trout when I heard a suspiciously loud splash back in a shallow bay. Swinging in, I found that it had warmed up to about 52°. A couple casts up towards the brushy shore with the white bugger I had on, a wake, and a heavy fight brought this guy to hand:
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Saw another fish swirl 80 ft down the shore, but my cast apparently whopped it on the head, as it thrashed and dove the instant the fly touched the water 😖

Switched to a gurgler just for kicks, and a few minutes later this one boiled on it:
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No other takes, but a great way to start off bass season!
(For this lake, I'd switched to my Old Guys playlist. One on RS's Angie, one on Cat Stevens' Wild World 😁)
Nice!!
 

Wade Rivers

Steelhead
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Oh yeah!! Time to dig this thread out for '23!

Was fishing an OP lake for trout when I heard a suspiciously loud splash back in a shallow bay. Swinging in, I found that it had warmed up to about 52°. A couple casts up towards the brushy shore with the white bugger I had on, a wake, and a heavy fight brought this guy to hand:

Saw another fish swirl 80 ft down the shore, but my cast apparently whopped it on the head, as it thrashed and dove the instant the fly touched the water 😖

Switched to a gurgler just for kicks, and a few minutes later this one boiled on it:

No other takes, but a great way to start off bass season!
(For this lake, I'd switched to my Old Guys playlist. One on RS's Angie, one on Cat Stevens' Wild World 😁)

Gurgler for the win!

Chug a lug, WR
 

Josh

Dead in the water
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First bass of the year and my PB smallie. 5lb on the scale, super fat belly. Put up a heck of a fight on 4x! A few decent sized rainbows on top of it made for a great day!
Hell yeah! Great fish.
 
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