Newest Species Caught on The Fly

Had about 30 minutes to kill so I went down to the Spokane River and did some warm water fishing and I caught my first Small Mouth Bass on the fly. As you can see he is a little guy but still fun to catch. I saw some big fish so I will be heading back to this spot when I have more time. I caught 3 fish in the 30 minutes I had which I would call a productive day. I also am including the other species I have caught up here in Washington. I figured I would put the fly I used under each type of fish so you can see what works good up here. And I am proud of myself for having tied all the flies!

Small Mouth Bass

Tri-colored tail, Peacock hurl body streamer Size 10 streamer hook.

Big, Fat, Blue Gill

Dan's version of the Stealth Bomber. "The Flash Bomber" Sparkle Foam, Size 10 1x shank hook, Green and Black crazy legs, Chartreuse buck hair tail with krystal flash. Every cast catches a fish.

Another Blue Gill on a Flash Bomber

Red Ear Sunfish

Orange Panfish Charlie, Size 10 1x shank hook, bead chain eyes, krystal flash body, orange/white antron and krystal flash fins/body. This fly floats upside down and looks like a flashy little minnow. Drags pretty good through reed and lily pads due to the antron covering the hook somewhat.

Giant Cut Throat while still water fishing on Amber lake. That is a seven weight rod with a fighting butt to give you an idea of the size. The fish is 4-5 inches tall. Nice and juicy. That egg on its tail is the size of a pony bead. She was shooting them out everywhere when I caught her.

Black and Red Choronomid size 12 fished with a strike indicator. Retrieved by winding the line around one finger as slow as you can until you hit your leader.

This little olive and silver choronomid dropped off the black and red fly above. This is a size 18 with clear seed bead. I caught fish on both flies so I put them both on here.

Large Mouth Bass

Sparkle Woolley bugger with no hackle. Bass like them and easy to tie. And if I say that. It is easy.