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    It being Saturday , I wasn’t sure how busy the dock would be at my local water reservoir, so I got there early (for me) around 9 .
    Only two other guys fishing . So I stayed .
    I started out at the boat ramp and immediately caught a few small gills , almost on every cast .
    I was fishing a sinking micro spider on my Moonlit lunar 2wt . I swapped out the reels for a
    lightweight Redington Zero . I’m really liking these reels .
    It made the Moonlit a super light gill catching wand.
    I caught fifteen total before the crowd started to arrive and I headed home around 10:30 . The biggest was caught on a foam spider .

    Two things happened while fishing I just have to share .
    One , this guy in a sit inside kayak came in while I was casting around the ramp .
    No problem. I shifted my casting away from where he was getting out .
    He had been fishing and after he got his truck to load up , took two boxes of worms and dumped them in the lake right where I was fishing and chuckled .
    I just gave him a look and asked “really ? “

    The other thing was this woman with her dog , on a leash . She had brought some bread scraps with her and would lure a couple of ducks into shallow water with the bread , then turn her dog loose to splash into the shallows after the ducks .
    I asked if she was having fun harassing the ducks , to which she smiled and said “YES ! “

    There’s some nutty folks in this world we live in .
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    Looking good with either reel and some nice catches.
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    Like the rod and reel combo. Looks like fun. Now you have my interest peaked for the 2wt.
    Creativity is just intelligence fooling around
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    Quote Originally Posted by skeetbum View Post
    Like the rod and reel combo. Looks like fun. Now you have my interest peaked for the 2wt.
    Love fishing with a 2wt . But I usually overline with a 3 or 4wt line to load the rod for short casts .
    My 1wt arrived today . I’ll be trying it out with a 2wt line .
    “ The bigger the Bend , the Wider the Grin ! “

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    I've inherited a nice medium sized fly rod I am aching to take out and try on the gillies but don't have a go to lake for them at moment. going to try and use a mayfly looking jig that junglejimjigs made and give it a go whether for crappie or whatever will take it.

    your articles are giving me the inspiration to give it a go.
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    hdhntr, gills and panfish in general are a lot of fun on any size flyrod . Good luck , I hope you find it enjoyable.

    I took my new 5’9” Butterstick 1wt to my local reservoir this morning to give it a test run .
    I’d read they were a little fast for glass so I loaded a little reel with a 2wt WF line and took a spare reel loaded with a 1wt WF line , just in case the 2wt was too heavy .
    Well, just the opposite. I should have taken a 3wt line with me .
    Unless I was casting over 40’ , the rod just wouldn’t load the way I wanted it to . It was usable and I caught 11 little gills on it , but I prefer to let the rod work for me , instead of me working the rod .
    After about 45 minutes I went home , swapped out reels for a 3wt and headed to the Town pond .
    . My first cast next to the bridge told me it was a good move and as a bonus I hooked a nice 8-8.5” gill that put a bend in the one weight all the way into the handle .
    I going to have some fun with this little wand .
    The bite wasn’t what I hoped and I only caught one medium size shellcracker that came out of the water like a bass .
    When I grabbed the line to lift him , he came unhooked and fell in the vegetation next the the edge .
    I was able to snap a picture before he flipped mud all over me before I could stand back up and flopped back into the pond .
    I hope to meet up with my fishing buddy at the boat ramps at the big reservoir tomorrow and see what I can get in to.
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    Nice fish and good break in for the little Butterstick.
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    Spent a little over an hour catching 16 small gills on my 2wt Lamiglas and my 1wt Butterstick trying out my new Orvis Battenkill 1 reel .
    Nice click and pawl little reel . Nice sound and lightweight.
    No more drag loosening up on me .
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    Very nice!
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    Nice gill! I love hearing of your fly fishing adventures!
    Bob
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