Wednesday, July 3, 2019

A Blustery Day in the Lily Pads

Blustery Day Bass


Wind and bass bugs are never a good mix, and even more so when basketball-sized pockets between lily pads are your target.  When the pockets were hit....thee bass were aggressive.  When they were missed....50% of the time you were fighting to retain your fly.  I arrived with WOGs.  I left with the one tied on my line about a dozen fish later.  The highlight was an honest 5lb plus fish on a green WOG.  It jumped 1/2 dozen times and let me get it 5ft from the bank....and then promptly broke me off with 10# tippet.  Not the best feeling in the moment, but the fight was fun as hell.  I will return with more WOGs!




Freshly Minted

4 comments:

  1. Ralph, your wogs are ugly beyond words. Nevertheless, they catch fish. It just doesn't connect with the long (and glorious) history of fly fishing. There's a time and a place for both.

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  2. AAhhh.....but beauty is in the eyes of the one that rises for it. :)

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  3. TESTIMONIAL on the fish catching virtue of the WOG
    I just got back from a 2 hour bass outing. Started with a green popper and it was catching. I finally lost it on a fish- the tippet wore out.memo to myself- bass have rough mouths and eventually will wear out a tippet but that is another story.
    so what a perfect time to try the wog. green works very well where I was so that is the one I tied on. all I can say is WOW WOW WOW!!!
    The bass crushed it. just absolutely hammered that bug. they were actually tracking it and then sucked it in. It is one heck of a bug.Love the way the bug pushes the water and apparently the bass do too.
    the wog works!!!

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  4. Anon, Thank you for the report and glad I could be part of your time on the water. It is definitely a pattern you can rely on.

    Thx, Ralph

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