It didn’t take me long to realize that I had
to limit casts, be precise, and make sure
I plopped the fly on the water. With a
quick lesson from Luis, the fun was on.
We spent the day walking the banks and
spotting fish. Many casts were laid down
on the ground so that just the tip of the
leader was in the water. While Barbel can
be very picky, it wasn’t one of those days.
They were readily taking the large foam
ants that I was putting down. Barbel are
not structure oriented, and if you can keep
the hook in them, and make it through the
two to three long runs, they are normally
brought to hand.
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While conditions normally diminish during
the day due to glare and wind, our luck
held, and we stayed into fish until right
before dark. Even as we left the shoreline,
we could still see the occasional back or
tail slipping along the banks, giving me
one last look at the fish that were still out
there just waiting to have one big foam fly
plopped down in front of them.
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