This beautiful spot inhaled
the Moth on one of my early morning outings at Smith Lake early April this year. The action took place in the
back of a nook area. I cast the fly right against the edge of some rocks,
and saw the wake before the fish ever
took the fly, and knew I was in for a hit. This fish exploded on the fly and
the fight was on. I landed it using my 9 ft. 5 wt.
Another spot which was taken
by the Moth last year in the first part of July.
These two bull bluegills were
the victim of the Moth. I landed numbers of bluegills from Smith and the
smaller lake Walker using the Moth. The 5 wt. was used to land both of
these fish.
What I love about this fly is
the light presentation one can achieve when casting on a smooth silk water
surface. It doesn’t scare or spook the fish on days when the fish are on edge
and not in the mood to hit anything. I actually purchased all the above Moths from
our local Wal-mart, which has a small fly section set up in the sporting
goods department. Today’s post will be the first in a series of reports I will
be doing from time to time on flies I think will increase your fish catch
ratio. I hope some of you guys will feature a fly you think is a winner in some
of your future post as well.