Celebration Park: April 29, 2007

Fished Celebration Park east pond in the morning using a RC Boat Float. Caught one Bluegill with the Red Gilled Black Darter. Tried again that afternoon and caught two more Bluegill with the Red Gilled Black Darter. Fun and exciting way to fish!

Method: Pole and Line with RC Boat Float
Lure: Red Gilled Black Darter
Catch: 3 Bluegill

Celebration Park: April 28, 2007

Fished Celebration Park east pond. Used the Red Gilled Black Darter, Olive Dubbing Nymph, and Grasshopper Dryfly. Caught Bluegill and Sunfish. Most were caught on the Red Gilled Black Darter. Fish were mainly small with a lot of short strikes. Still a fun outing.

Method: Fly-fishing
Lures: Red Gilled Black Darter, Olive Dubbing Nymph, Grasshopper Dryfly
Catch: 7 Bluegill, 3 Sunfish

Celebration Park: April 25, 2007

Fished Celebration Park north pond in the afternoon. Windy and overcast but still successful. Caught Bluegill and Sunfish with the Red Gilled Black Darter.

Method: Fly-fishing

Lure: Red Gilled Black Darter

Catch: 2 Bluegill, 17 Sunfish

Fearsome Three

Rained last night, so I could not breakaway for a quick trip to the local ponds.  Was able to tie some fishing flies.  I call this set the Fearsome Three.  The illustration in the sidebar shows, from left to right, the Red Gilled Black Darter; the Olive Dubbing Nymph; and the Green Tailed Brown Hackle.  Will let you know how they do.  Wish me luck!

Bethany Lakes: April 22, 2007

Fished Bethany Lakes lower pond, canal, back pond, and back creek. Caught Bluegill and Sunfish with Brown Dryfly, Wide Winged Dun Dryfly, and Black Hares Ear Nymph.

Method: Fly-fishing
Lure: Brown Dryfly, Wide Winged Dun Dryfly, Black Hares Ear Nymph
Catch: 9 Bluegill, 8 Sunfish

Bethany Lakes: April 20, 2007

Fished Bethany Lakes lower pond using Brown Dryfly and Wide Winged Dun Dryfly. Caught Bluegill, Sunfish, and Bass. A great outing to start the weekend!

Method: Fly-Fishing
Lures: Brown Dryfly and Wide Winged Dun Dryfly
Catch: 23 Bluegill, 9 Sunfish, 3 Bass

Bethany Lakes: April 18, 2007

Fished Bethany Lakes upper, lower, and main ponds and the canal. Used Brown Dryfly, Hares Ear Nymph, and Grasshopper Dryfly. No luck with the Brown Dryfly but cleaned-up with the Hares Ear Nymph and Grasshopper Dryfly. Caught Sunfish, Bluegill, and a Crappie. Great way to cap the day!

Method: Fly-Fishing
Lures: Brown Dryfly (0), Hares Ear Nymph, Grasshopper Dryfly
Catch: 16 Bluegill, 13 Sunfish, and 1 Crappie

Celebration Park: April 18, 2007

Fished Celebration Park east pond. Pond was high due to recent rains and murky. Used the Brown Dryfly with no strikes. Will try again another time.

Method: Fly-Fishing
Lure: Brown Dryfly
Catch: None to Report

Allen Station Creek: April 18, 2007

Quick trip at lunch to Allen Station Creek.  Fished a Brown Dryfly but did not get any bites.  Water was murky and roiled due to recent rain storms.  Will try at a later date.

Method:  Fly-fishing
Lure:  Brown Dryfly
Catch: None to Report

Kroger and Bethany Parks: April 15, 2007

Made a quick-trip to Kroger Park pond.  Several strikes using the White Sponge Rubber Spider Variant but was not able to connect. Lost the Spider to the trees.  Back to the fly-tying table to make a new one!  Fished Bethany Park lower pond and caught Bluegill and Sunfish on a Brown Dryfly.

Method:  Fly-fishing
Lure:  Brown Dryfly
Catch: 13 Bluegill and 8 Sunfish

Bass Pro Shop Instead

Cold, wet, and windy today. Will wait for Sunday. Went to Bass Pro Shop in Rockwall instead to resupply the fly-tying inventory. More tommorow.

Weather Delay

Weather may delay the next report. Will send more when the storms pass.

Bethany Lakes: April 12, 2007

Tried the White Foam Rubber Spider Variant on the lower pond at Bethany Lakes. Caught 8 Bluegills with the Variant.  Sounds like the new fly is a winner!

Method:  Fly-fishing
Lure:  White Foam Rubber Spider Variant
Catch: 8 Bluegills

Allen Station Creek: April 12, 2007

Anxious to try out the White Foam Rubber Spider Variant, I fished the creek that runs along Allen Station Park at lunch time.  The water was low, less than a foot deep, under the Exchange Parkway Bridge.  Regardless, I caught a small Sunfish.  First fish caught using the White Foam Rubber Spider Variant!

Method:  Fly-fishing
Lure:  White Foam Rubber Spider Variant
Catch: 1 Sunfish

White Foam Rubber Spider Replacement

Since I lost my White Foam Rubber Spider yesterday, I decided to make a variant of my own. Will let everyone know how good it works. I added a little color and flash in hopes the fish will go wild when they see it (illustration in the sidebar).

We'll see!

Bethany Lakes: April 11, 2007

Fished the lower pond at Bethany Lakes.  Beautiful day with a moderate wind.  Caught multiple Bluegills, several Sunfish, and one Bass. The lure of the day was the White Foam Rubber Spider.  All fish were caught with the Spider; save for two fish caught with the Black and Red Streamer.

Method:  Fly-Fishing
Lures:  White Foam Rubber Spider, Grasshopper Dryfly, Black and Red Streamer
Catch: 20+ Bluegill, 2 Sunfish, 1 Bass (18")

Note:  Lost a bigger bass using the White Foam Rubber Spider; ended up losing the fly when the line broke.  Also, one Sunfish was 10 inches in length.

Bethany Lakes: April 8, 2007

Fished the upper and lower pond at Bethany Lakes.  Cloudy day but better than Friday's weather.  Had a few strikes on the upper pond, and then moved on to the lower pond.  Lower pond proved the better spot.  Caught Bluegills with the Bass still choosing to look rather than strike.

Method:  Fly-Fishing
Lures:  Black Foam Rubber Spider, White Foam Rubber Spider, Grasshopper Dryfly, Black and Red Streamer
Catch:  30+ Bluegill

Bethany Lakes: April 6, 2007

Fished the upper pond at Bethany Lakes.  Cold and windy but was able to catch a Bluegill and a small Bass on a Black Foam Rubber Spider.  Had limited success the weeks before the front moved in.  Mainly bluegills with bass hitting periodically and a lot more choosing to look rather than strike.

Method: Fly-Fishing
Lure: Black Foam Rubber Spider
Catch:  1 Bluegill and 1 small Bass