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basswacka19 · Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 217

I just bought a 9.5ft med/light spinning rod so i could try the float and fly for some cold water bass. For those of you who aren't familiar with float and fly, it is usually done with a light action spinning rod and real, 8lb or lighter fluorocarbon line depending on water clarity, and a 1/16oz malibu hair jig with a bobber 5-12ft up the line depending on depth the fish are at. This works well in water temperatures under 50deg, when you cant seem to catch them on anything else. This technique
usually is used for catching smallmouth bass but does catch largemouth and crappies too.

So, I went to the west thompson dam to try out my new rod with the float and fly. I got on the water at 11:00 and was off at 2:30. The water was calm as glass with just a slight breeze and water temp hovering at a frigged 47-48 deg. So I make my first cast and about 15sec. after it hit the water my bobber goes under, I'm thinking wow that didn't take long, so i pull the fish in and without much of a fight i had a 10in crappy in the boat. So I make multiple more casts for the next 2hours with out a single tap. At about 1:00 the wind really started to pick up and got a little gusty. I usually hate wind when i'm trying to fish but not today. After 45min of fishing in the wind, I had 4 smallies and 1 largemouth in the boat , and with 6lb line and a 9.5ft med/light rod all the fish put up a awesome fight, especially two of the smallies.
these are the size of the fish i caught
13in SMB
16in SMB
16in SMB
15in SMB
15in LMB

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basswacka19 · Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 217

sorry the pics are so small, I'm still learning how to get them on here. I guess i need to resize them differently.
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PECo · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT

Hit "Upload Options / Resizing" when you upload your photos to imageshack.us. You can also get rid of the labels on the photos.

I'd almost rather hook a 16 inch smallie than an 18 inch largemouth. It's a coin flip, depending on the largemouth.

I love that you tried the fly rod. I thought about pulling mine out after seeing the trout rising on Black Pond and Mount Tom Pond a while back. But I never thought to use it for bass.
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basswacka19 · Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 217

yea,its actually a spinning rod but very similar to a fly rod as far as length and action go and its a lot of fun fighting them with such a light action rod and 6lb line. cant wait to give it another try tomorrow.
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