10-8-11....

It was a beautiful day...a family spent day...A day that does not happen often enough...but it did require a few moments at least to be spent on the water...My brother Chris, Phil and I snuck out for an hour outing to chuck some goodies at carp. It was a bit tough going at first but we persevered and all managed to hook up. Chris recently involved himself in fly tying. He used the flies that came from his own vice of his own creation and caught his first fish using them..A moment in time that every fly tyer remembers well...Congrats...

Then Phil...not having much luck hooking carp with spin gear, starts pulling smallies out of thin air. I have never seen a bass in these waters, but he found them...and slammed them....Nice work...a new smallie jaunt has been found...

My fish for the day....He devoured a black bead head stone like it was the last bug on earth....

The water is cooling...take advantage of these next few beautiful days and hit the last of the warm water species...before too long it will be frozen over and I for one will be standing in near freezing streams chasing steel...