We had a very enjoyable time at the fly fishing club outing
on Saturday at Lake of the Forest in Edwardsville. Most people fished from
about 8:00 until noon, when we shared a picnic lunch on the shore. A few folks
went back for some more fishing after lunch (not me). That place is just loaded
with largemouth bass, blue gill and sunfish (good sized of each). The weather
looked like it was going to be iffy but the storms stayed away and it was
cloudy and a nice temperature too. Fishing seemed best along the shoreline but
not bad in the middle either. The lake level was down a couple of feet as they
decided to drain some to clean up all the heavy growth (which appeared to
help). This outing is officially called the "one fly" outing, so you
try to use one fly the whole time. I decided to go with a woolly bugger this
year (size 8 olive) instead of my typical poppers. I was very happy with the
choice. I caught tons of blue gill (most 7 to 10 inches), about 15 bass (most
10 - 16 inches) and about 10 sunfish (up to about 9 inches). Very fun on a fly
rod. Many others used poppers and had pretty good luck too. I believe one
person caught about 44 fish on 1 physical fly and won a prize. I broke off
several times and had to replace mine. The water was a little murky but not
bad. I think there were about 12 people or so from the club (Heart of America Fly Fishers that is). About half the
group was on one person kick boats/float tubes and the rest fished from shore.
Terry
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