Who Doesn't Like Catching Bass?

I took my Pathophysiology final today and got finished early so I decided to head out to a small lake in Idaho for some warm water magic and celebration time. I spent 30-45 minutes in the water and had a ton of success. The only rod I had in my car was my TFO 4 wt which was already strung up and ready to go so I hopped out of the car, threw on my waiters, and started sludging through the cat-tails, reeds, and lily pads to get out and away from the people fishing on the dock. I was having great success with a green stealth bomber catching blue-gill. I will put some pictures of those at the end of this post. Anyway, lost one side of legs off the green bomber I was using so I pulled it off, stuck him on my hat, and tied on one of my black sparkle flash bombers. I caught a few more gills and then got a strike that I thought was a hefty Gill. I strip set the hook and this "Gill" took off. When you catch a Blue gill they give a huge fight for their size. A lot has to do with the fact that they turn sideways and increase their diameter a ton. Anyway I knew after a few seconds I did not have a blue gill on the line. He took off bending my rod in half and I thought I wasn't going to be able to land it. after a good fight I netted him and couldn't believe this fish would even fit in my net. I had to get proof of this monster so I kept him in my net and made the 1/4 mile walk back trough the reeds and sludge back to the dock to find somebody to take a picture for me. I kept him in the water in my net the entire time I walked back and had to switch net hands often because my wrists were getting tired of holding the net out. Anyway, got some shots here of the monster. Caught on a 4x 7.5 ft. leader with 18 inches of 4x flourocarbon tippet. The people on the dock that took my picture had a measuring tape and weight scale so I have officially a 21 inch 5 lb. Large Mouth Bass.

So here he is. Big fat Large Mouth Bass.

To give you an idea of the size of this Large mouth bass. The hook in this picture is the same size as the one in the picture below. Size 6 Streamer hook.

A small mouth I caught on the Spokane River to show the size difference of the large mouth I caught.

Great colored Blue Gill on the Green Bomber.

More of a shot of the fly than anything else. Thanks to Ben for the suggestion to try these Stealth Bombers out.

Nice size Gill. Love catching these bad boys.