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The “HatchMatcher” mayfly pattern to imitate our reservoir’s  Hexagenia Billinata here in central MS. Not too clean like the Feather Bender would tie but it’ll do. Kind of fragile, one won’t hold up to fill a basket of 30 or 40 bream but it’s fun to use. Tied all out of mallard flank and CDC.  Will tie at fly tying meeting tonight if there is interest. A mezz from the rezz.  Had to fight off a small denizen to keep’em, see Did a little scouting for a winter draw hunt. Yeah I’m a little early but I had the time. Was easing down the bank in my kayak trying to ignore all the gar rolling around me, resisting the temptation to reach for my fly rod and I came up on these hogs with an egret hanging with them.  They got a pass but It’ll be different when i have my bow in December. Made a trip to the big river today, too hot for anything but gar. The oxbows were quiet but i found a jetty with running water in it and the garfish were stacked in there by the hundreds. Caught’em until i finally ran ‘em all off. Lots of fun but it was hot, truck parked in the shade but temp was 103. Yep, thanks to guide Mile Larose we did get a tarpon to the boat. Mostly a very hot trip with only a handful of bites. Sometimes they just don’t want to play. Strong Arm Merkin … kinda messy, cant get Finn Raccoon fur dubbing loops to play nice. I know I am in overkill mode but I’m having too much fun.  I call it “messing with Kelly”. These bream were delicious. Summertime and the livin’ is easy!  Love those mayfly hatches. They sure have been light this year though. That worries me. Shooting a fly into a Solo cup at 65 feet is no piece of cake, takes a lot of tries, but it can be done and there are some techniques that help. Mississippi river white bass, i think, looking at him now those stripes are too perfect, I should have checked his tooth patches, might have been a striper. Yep, another one for the “Slide Inn” challenge. #magnoliaflyfishers #samuraiflyshop #flyfishing #flycasting #slideinnchallenge This “Slide Inn” challenge is fun and helping my accuracy, Aim small, miss small. Grand Batture Island to be a Reality A friend told me that a certain well known fly fisher made the comment on FB that another fly fisher told him he could hit a Dixie cup at 65 feet and he said if he could do it he would give him $5000 and he didn’t care how many casts it took.  Well I didn’t make that claim but here’s my answer, my practice fly in a solo cup” at 65 feet. Took me a few tries but i did it. The next time it only took me ten tries to get the fly to “Slide Inn” the cup. It was actually fun and I think the drill is helping me. You know, aim small, miss small. Too bad I don’t have the video to claim the 5K! I suggest we do a “Slide Inn” challenge at the next meeting! At last night’s club fly tying meeting T. gave me one of the bream sized woolly buggers he was tying. I took it out today and caught 6 nice brimski’s on it and sent him this pic. I always like to catch a fish with a gift fly and send a pic to the creator. Part of the fun. I will say it’s a good pattern because it has three rubber legs tied bully style and with the bead it had a nice slow sink rate. Good pattern, way to go T. After all this rain I was still able to walk over to the ponds and catch about a dozen like this before dark. Hope everybody had a good Father’s Day but I know folks south of us are dealing with flood water, my heart goes out to them. Where do Y’all stand on eyes for tarpon flies?  I don’t think it matters much and usually don’t add them but I added them to this fly just to cover all the bases. Son Chris with a red. We found a school of bulls near the rigs in 35 feet of water and it was on like Donkey Kong. Most in the twenty to 30+ range. Lots of work to bring them up from that depth.  Managed 8 species, most of them from the rig. The tarpon were there the first day but wouldn’t bite and then just gone the next day. I expect maybe their close-mouthed demeanor was due to pre-spawn behavior, saving their energy.  Maybe next trip.
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