here's what is called a [ __ ] folks this hex came out of this case you'll see behind it here
you can actually see the wing pad the busted right open but for some reason even though
it's not windy today that little [ __ ] drowned himself now unless i play a hero and save his life
which might be able to be done here i'll pick him up and maybe just give him a chance to dry off
but there's a hatch that we're after
there's a hexagenia that hatch is my happiest hatch of my life so for me to save this little
and give him a chance to dry off and maybe do something tonight makes me happy
but that's the hexagenia the time had finally come the hatch was on and i
changed over to a floating line with a dry fly i'm very excited
there we go first fish all right this is awesome very visual oh big flies
on the surface and boop it's just like a toilet flushing my goodness oh yeah exciting decent look
at that look at that nice fish nice fish yes yeah whoa and away he goes yeah i'm
dead drifting hexagenia or dry flies i should say we got a spinner fall happening right now
these fish become very active at night and he's he's actually really strong
decent decent bass decent bass
very good very good where are we
okay we're bringing them up in a second here yeah well that's the biggest of the day
that's the biggest of the day that's 17. it's a good fish yeah maybe 17 yeah
good
on the dry he did it all on his own oh man that is exciting here you go sir okay now
isn't that something on a dry fly
this is the best part of our sport is fishing on top like this you just can't beat that
notice the nice bright red eyes yeah ontario smallmouth bronzeback bronzebacks can't beat
them especially on top after spending most of its life in the water as a nymph a mayfly swims to the
surface to hatch this is called the emerger stage the emerger hatches into a dunn which while on
the surface of the water is primary food for fish the dun then flies off the water to nearby foliage
where it undergoes another transformation to become a spinner when it becomes a spinner
it will join others and be seen swarming over the surface in mating flights some spinners will drop
their fertilized eggs others will touch down on the surface to deposit them finally the act
of renewing the species is complete the spinners fall to the surface and then die there you go and
there's the fish yes sir i got it i got him you need to get more attention into him he's got only
a skinny hooking so far give him a good plowing that's it good thank you now you got him i got
him now yeah yeah this um this one feels a little bigger yeah oh yeah i heard him i hear him suck
keep the rod high i'm going to keep it high i usually like to get them on the
reel but i got a lot of line below me here so that's not going to happen on this
one that's all right just keep them up let's keep them oh candidate
oh man now what i must do though is i must allow
i'll tell i'll tell the audience in a minute there what i had to do in order to take this fish
very good oh this is exciting big dig dig dig look at him dig
look at him dig this one's pushing up quite a bit of water this is what the americans pay
big bucks for absolutely look at this on a dry fly this is what the americans come for me for
wow isn't that something oh look at that look at the dry fly in it now what i had to do is
allow the fish to come up and grab the fly and then turn down before i set the hook
isn't that a butte oh smallmouth fishing in ontario classic classic yeah bronzeback giants
eating dries oh yeah my specialty have some fun oh yes isn't that something look at that that's
right up to my middle of my arm that's a good fish that's 17 17. good 17-incher
there you go that was awesome that was just awesome dry fly
fishing there's nothing like it oh yeah
the dry fly we use today is called the extended body foam hexagenia here's a recipe for this fly
the hook is a mustad s 82-3906 in size eight the thread three odd monocord in yellow the tail two
dyed yellow hackle stems the body sheet foam in yellow the wing white hen hackle tips the hackle
grizzly hackle dyed yellow wound parachute style and the eyes are extra small mono eyes in black
there he is you got him and i purposely waited a little longer that was a good oh yeah he could
be he could be big oh yeah he's he's running late online there's uh i'm gonna try to get on top of
him because there's a log jam underneath us oh man oh this this one is definitely pulling hard
wow did you see that that that was just incredible how he come up and just and took it oh yeah
oh yeah this is a well hooked fish i'm sure but i gave him a little extra time
to take it he's really playing but he's not that big don't think he's that big oh man he's just
he's just honking you he's extremely strong and i'm telling you he's not that big no he's not is
he oh he's just a good player good good player yes another boil over here okay the action's starting
i have people that come just for this for half day drifts
i get to go a whole month with this action depending on which river i go to
good man look at that perfect hook set by bill look at that in the top right on fish didn't
stand a chance i'll let you let that one go there ken all right that's uh definitely definitely
the catch and release i call it the deep six treatment ready
oh very good
it's not that big but nice easy take
and this is the time when action gets hot
wow and you wait when the bats get good we won't know what to do with ourselves
now he's putting up a fight yeah he's not bad he's 12.
he's 12 for sure oh yeah he's only about 12 yeah
i wonder what you left i wonder the camera look what he's done
he's got him in the top lip high percentage hook setter boy here
this is good no you see what happens if he waits a little long we'll have a deep
in the gills shot that's dangerous for our fishes bill's hitting them perfectly timed
beautiful
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