Nickk Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 I fished the Dupage for the first time this year, it's not very close so I don't make it there as often as I'd like. It was hot! I fished from around 6:30-noon, downstream and then back up the way I had come with a bit added on the upstream portion. Weeds were pretty bad, loads of hairy clumps tumbling down fouling your hook when fishing down. Very slow morning with only a single smallie spotted among the numerous small carp. As I was wading upstream toward the end of my wade I saw a fish break the water near a mud bank so I tried drifting a hopper pattern with no luck. Then I switched to a very sparse Clouser to work the subsurface zone of the same area and I noticed a small ball of baitfish moving downstream past me in the current, my fly was the perfect size if they start keying on those. A few minutes later I looked upstream and saw several fish busting the surface, by now I had assumed everything was carp because I had be relegated to carp herder for the day but there's actually a good chance it's actually smallies busting bait. I waded up to get in position and false casted to keep from fouling in weeds when all of a sudden I had half the rod in my hand. The tip and second section had separated from my 6 weight and I was frantically gathering line hoping that my fly snags the tip, it did and then I had to just as frantically pull the line through the tip to get my rod to it's full 9' again. A quick look showed that the fish were still active, I settled in and managed to go 4/5 until they cooled down(or I spooked them). That's really what you live for fishing smallies on a fly, great to be there! Pardon the bad pics but they fish were busting and I wasn't going to waste time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ferguson Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 Nice report! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gillio Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 I hate when the rod sections separate like that. Nice report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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