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Hi All,

I went for a quick fishing with a friend this afternoon, a nearby state park creek about 5 minutes away from home. The weather is wonderful for wet wading! We arrived around 4:00 pm, the hiking trail is so beautiful, lot's of plants are blooming now, a bit distracting me from fishing : ) . What a great treat! The water are almost gem clear with a little milky blue color.

There is a lot of trees along the bank, roll cast is the necessary. It's a new lesson for Martin. I let him use my trusty Heddon Pal 5wt with Rio Nymph line - a perfect match for the roll cast. It roll cast very easy that only took him 10 minutes to master out a fishable distance : P I was very surprised! I was using my "little yuhina" Lamiglass 3wt 6'6. We were targeting something different than bluegill this time... the long_eared sunfish. Here is the photos...

Long-eared sunfiish

Martin get one too... a live Gem!


Martin in action- already become roll casting master when have the Heddon Pal : P

Occasionally, we got some little spotted bass too...


and some red-breasted sunfish - a different beauty


At the end I got this matured male, a beautiful spawning coloration...


We have a lot of fun and most important I want to thank people here that give me lot's of good suggestions about the greased line nymphing and down stream swing techniques! It works so well today!! We were using #14 nymphs and wet flies... a great afternoon fishing! Mark