5-14-11 CARPIN TRIP

WITH THE CICADAS IN FULL BORE I TOOK MY SON AND HIS FRIEND WHO HAS NEVER FLYFISHED BEFORE CARPIN THIS MORNING. WE WHERE THROWING TOP WATER CICADAS I TIED UP A WEEK AGO. THESE FISH ARE WAKING LIKE REDFISH AND LITERALLY ATTACK THE FLY LIKE A MISSLE THROWING WATER AS THEY PUSH ON THE FLY. WE ENDED UP WIT 9 FISH INCLUDING A SURPRISE 3LB LARGEMOUTH. LONG ACCURATE CASTS ARE A MUST, THESE FISH ARE IN GIN CLEAR WATER AND ARE VERY SPOOKY. 10-12 FT LEADERS ARE NEEDED SO YOU DO NOT LINE THE FISH. THIS PATTERN SHOULD LAST FOR A COUPLE MORE WEEKS UNTIL THE CICADAS ARE DONE AND GONE. THIS IS FRESHWATER SIGHT FISHING AT ITS BEST.

MOST FISH WERE BETWEEN 3-7 BS AND THE LARGEST FOR THE DAY WAS A 15LBER THAT US WRAPPED UP IN THE MOTOR AND CAME UNBUTTONED.