43M Strikes Again............and again and again

by Rob Ruff
(Wichita Falls, TX )

Fishing around town with the Daiwa Kiyose 43M. Great rod, plenty of fish fighting power. The largemouths put a decent bend in the rod but were quickly subdued. The trout, although small, fought well and I was able to easily detect them taking the fly. I caught them at a community fishing lake which is stocked with trout during the winter months thanks to Texas Parks and Wildlife.

“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten” - Benjamin Franklin

"Be sure in casting, that your fly fall first into the water, for if the line fall first, it scares or frightens the fish..." -
Col. Robert Venables 1662

As age slows my pace, I will become more like the heron.

We've all had situations where seriously chewed up flies kept catching fish after fish after fish. It is no sin to tie flies that come off the vise looking seriously chewed up.