09-14-2009, 09:00 AM
I twisted his arm (just a little) and got CFF&#39;s Fly Rod Rob (Prytula) into joining me Saturday. I knew Rob would have some fun chasing &quot;gar on the fly.&quot; The gar are getting a bit finicky these days, but Rob managed to get several to eat his fly. It&#39;s a blast watching a 6-weight flyrod doubled over with a 3.5 ft. gar on the end of it.<br /><br />Afterwards we headed up to the Dam and found a little topwater activity still going on. Rob tied on one of his self-made clouser minnows and proceeded to trounce me and my spinning gear. He caught largemouth, smallmouth and white bass while I mostly sat back and watched. Sadly a couple of decent fish we never saw &quot;parted ways&quot; with a couple of Rob&#39;s clousers.<br /><br />Then we went to check on my cats. Low flow and a late start... it wasn&#39;t hot and heavy. But we put several nice fish in the boat... all three specieis actually... blue, channels and Rob caught a flathead (not on the fly however). The catfish were topped by an 11 lb. and a 16 lb. fished that slammed me and Rob and basically the same instant.<br /><br />A great fun day on the water with a great flyfisherman. All combined I believe we caught eight different species (maybe nine). Which means life is good and gettin&#39; better every day!