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09/20/09

fly fishing hawaii:

a lake, a bubble, and the wilson streamer

 

went out on the lake with stan for a few hours this morning.  i had heard that the peacock bass had begun their fall schooling and busting shad pattern so i was anxious to get out and see what all was what.

 

the water level on the lake was really low, as low as i remember it when i fished it as a kid.  launching the boat was not a problem though, as the boat launch appears to have been cleared of the silt and muck build up.  it’s a long way down to the end of the ramp though.  for those without a boat, there’s lots of bank access now and all of the points are well out of the water.  the lakes pretty small now so many of the busting fish are well within casting range from shore.

 

stan had been mentioning to me that he wanted to do a show with ben wong using a bubble and a fly on the lake.  i had been working on a simple streamer for busting fish for a while now and had it just about the way that i wanted it.  i call the fly the wilson streamer.  i had been fishing it in various forms for quite some time with good results.  so i tied up a bunch and gave them to stan to try with his bubble and fly rig.

 

the morning turned out to be a pretty slow one with almost no signs of busting fish until mid morning.  even then the busting was very sporatic and the fish were pretty picky about presentation of the fly.  we managed to get into a couple of good busts and hooked some fat fish in the two pound range.  we also got some red devils (can’t pass up those devils entirely).  the bubble and the wilson streamer worked great.  the fly does need some tweaking so that it will fish better with a spinning rod and bubble set up.  i’m working on that right now.

 

stan makes the long trek down to the end of the ramp.

 

stan shows that the bubble and fly works on both peacocks as well as red devils.

 

a stuffed fatty, good fun on a 5wt.

 

the wilson streamer.  fall is officially just a few days away and there have already been reports of crazy busting peacocks, so check it out.  it may be great or it may be slow, but you’ll never know unless you go.  good times.

 

clay.


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