I enjoy fly fishing on my lake in south central Texas. It was stocked 2 years ago with Bluegill, Redear, and F1 LMB.
I love to fish for the bluegill with a light weight fly rod and a small topwater fly.
Whenever I cast out my flt line it is not unusual for a big bass to align itself up with the line and wait for the bluegill to strike the topwater fly.
Then the fun part starts
the bluegill takes the fly, the bass takes the bluegill , and the fight is on. The bass will almost always hold on until about 7 or 8 feet from the bank and then let go. It sure is fun having a 4 weight fly rod bend over double under the weight of 2 fish. I hav not figered out if the bass are just lazy or smart (maybe both).
So far my largest bluegill has been 9 1/2 inches and close to a pound and my largest bass has been a little over 3 1/2 pounds .
Everything has been catch and release so far but I am now starting to selectivly harvest medium size bluegill and 1 pound bass. Life can be good on a 2 acre lake.
Don Stuart
