Everybody was up early and excited to get down some breakfast and on the road to get back to Morgan and the big fish.
On the road by 8, and at the lake and in the water at 9:15.
When we arrived there was a guy from Langley just getting ready to go out. I talked with him for a short while this was his first time to the lake but had heard about it from members of his Fly Club for years.
The fishing was to be expected GREAT, some really big fish I worked a Punkinhead on a type 4 sinking line along the shore for a while with a fish every so often. By 10:30 I had changed out to a black red wire warped Micro Mini Leach on my type 6 line and did much better in 23 feet of water.
Looking around I could see that all the others were in to fish. I got board fishing deep so I went exploring. Looking for that one or two fish that felted the same about hanging down deep.
I found what I was lookin for down lake a ways along the cliff and the shade.
Big Drakes were going off size 10. I tyed on a size 16 adult Damsel gave it a long cast of about 60 feet and maybe 5-6 feet from where I last saw the fish rise. It hit the water and before I knew it. Bataboom it was gone in a flash the nice guy set the hook and all I had to do was hold on and not panic. Let it run and it did into the backing atleast 50 feet. up and out of the water three times. It took me some time to get it back to the boat I worked it as fast as I could.I had on 3X tippit so I knew that I could put on some pressure.and not over work the fish. When ever he let up and quite pulling I put the line on the reel. and when I did get it to the net the hook fell out of his mouth.
It took me more than 10 minutes to make sure that he could swim away strong. He was well over 25 inches long and fat. That would become the fish of the trip for me. Caught on a dry. Not the biggest fish it was only maybe 8 lbs.
I tried to duplicate it again and a again but nothing. after a half hour or more I worked my way back in to 20 Ft of water dropped anchor, rigged up my Deep 6 line with a Chromi and found the bottom with my hemostats attached stripped in the line,removed the hemo's and gave the line a fling. i wasn't long before a felt the take lifted the rod and the hook was set and glad that I loosed the drag. Another nice bow of 7-8 bls. to the net.
I did this for quite a while the Boyz took notice and started working there way over to me to see what I was doing .
Pulled out a bow well over the wight of my striping apron 28" much bigger than my net. and at least 10 pounds twas the biggest fish of the trip, It just didn't fight set the hook it followed it up to the net the hook feel out of the top of his mouth I took a quick photo and released it all with in maybe 6 minutes.Morgan.
The eye ball is larger than a silver dollar.
By 3, we were headed back to camp with everybody having a story to tell for the rest of our lives. and we have name One Of my Bobblehead birds Morgan.
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| Morgan Lake BC Bow 28" |
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