First Cat On Glass…
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Spent part of the afternoon on a small dirty water pond near the house. We caught a few small bass on poppers and a krystal body minnow pattern.
Well…just before leaving I threw a long cast across the outlet of the pond…retrieved twice…and felt a hard pull. A spirited tussle ensued and I thought that I had hooked into quite a nice largemouth. Much to my surprise a minute or two later a whiskered fish surfaced. This is the first catfish I have EVER caught…and reminded that I truely do live in the South.
I’ll say this…the Heddon #8381 was bent over double and handled the fight with ease. What a neat little rod.
Nice Channel Cat Cameron. Had to be a treat on the glass rod. Cats are always a surprise when fly fishing. I wish there was a way to really target them. Each year I catch 2 or 3 (Channels or Flathead) when fishing clousers around trees in the local rivers and lakes. Always seems like a big bass or stripe until they start rolling. Then you know its a Cat. Have never caught a Blue on a fly. Anyone ever caught a Blue cat on a fly?
When the Whhitlocks taught their flyfishing school in Midway, Arkansas, they had a large catfish pond on-site that they used for teaching people the basics of fighting fish.
I wish there was a way to really target them.
There is – but the main challenge is keeping a turd on the hook during the back cast. 🙂
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I wish there was a way to really target them.
There is – but the main challenge is keeping a turd on the hook during the back cast. 🙂
bd
Never tried to cast a turd! I’ve yet to master the artifical chicken liver fly. I actually tried to soak some bucktail clousers in putrid chicken livers once, but using them was a bit distasteful. Have you ever been downwind of a commerical cat fisherman’s skiff?–absolutely disgusting.
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