Chattanooga Bass Tournament?
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Does anybody know what happened with that fly-only invitational bass tournament in Chattanooga last weekend?
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Word is that the organizer of the event fished it with one of his wealthiest clients, won the tournament, won the Calcutta, and generally fell into the ‘reasons-why-the-host-doesn’t-compete’ territory in just about every way possible.
My partner and I caught 6 fish the first day, threw everything to every type of structure, drop-off, and deep water possible. We did not boat a single fish the first day that we could weight (needed 15 inches).
We pulled into the ramp expecting to be totally hammered by eveyone else. Turns out aside from the soon to be winner, we caught more fish than most aside from the fact none could be weighed.
The winner at that point had 12lbs, then it went to 4 lbs, 2, 2 and 4 to 5 boats with 0 lbs. It was hard fishing!
The next day it was even harder fishing, but a few boats got into some spots that had a couple fish that were 3 pounds. The winner pulled in 23 pounds (no clue how that happened) the next position was in with 9 lbs,, then 6 lbs, a few boats with 4 lbs, 3 lbs then we had one fish that could be weighted in at 1 pound. Having fished bass my whole life on fly and conventional, it was the hardest fishing I have ever done!
We had a blast though, and it was a fun event and looking forward to next year…hopefully Chickamauga lake.Interesting.
Daytime in the middle of the summer is a tough, tough time to hold a fly-only bass tournament. Tough to get the fly down to where the fish are. When the conventional gear guys are dredging 25 feet of water with 8-inch lizards on a carolina rig with 1/2 oz. of weight, the competitive options on a flyrod are limited.
The winner’s 35 lbs in two days on a fly under those conditions is beyond impressive – especially noting the big margin between the winning weight and 2nd place.
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