Sand Hill Crane Foraging on left, Eagle Nest on Right. In the first patch of cattail cover, I took the first Pike, a crappie and the first bass on a 4 inch 1/0 White Bead Head Jiggy Bucktail fly pattern.
Moving to the the long rip rap dike, I hooked and lost a few more Bass.
Long Dyke neat the Boat Ramp looking West.
I paddled up wind to the shallow end of the Dyke and switched to a floating 3/0 Silver-White Dive Banger popper. That got hit regularly and I got the biggest pike of the day and the best bass landed. I also twice busted the leader on hook sets. Both times I was able to retrieve the fly after it floated back to the surface a few seconds later. I cut off the leader I had been using since at least February and replaced it with fresh 12 pound fluorocarbon and another 40 pound bite leader. I finished the evening with 4 pike and 5 bass over 13 inches.
Near the East end of the LONG Dyke looking back West, Nobody fishing today.
