Feeling Good

[John H]

I have always had this idea that someday I might go down to the Delta and get a pretty good striper and a pretty good largemouth on the same day. My dream was a 10-pound striper and a 5-pound largemouth. I have never gotten anywhere close to that and am kind of thinking I never will. Yesterday I decided I might have to settle for an 8/4. I also thought that might never happen, but it was still something to think about. Anyhow, today I got a pretty good double that is close enough to 8/4 for me to feel good about which is really the goal of all this fishing - feeling good. Both on the same fly which is now kind of a wreck and might not see any more fishing. The striper was at the first spot just after the sun came up. The bass was at the last spot. I saw the bass sitting on a shallow point and he spotted us of course and ignored my fly and swam off somewhere which was a bummer. I kept casting in the general area thinking he might still be around, and it turned out he was. I guess he changed his mind about my fly. Not the best pictures today but that is okay. I will blame it on bad lighting.