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I decided that it was time to give a few Critter Gitters their first taste of action. I wasn't gonna throw them into the shit right away, but give them a few exercises in less of a hot zone. First few casts into some rocky pocket water and picked off a few smallies. Not that I doubted their potential, smallmouth are simple greedy pigs, quite stupid really, fun to torment with rubber, fur, feather and steel. Time to move on to some real targets.
![Critter Gitter critter gitter](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDwaSxQbRyVw82shFYSRbizoqSeutdEeQWeZSuwkLNUyTpCPOAjYApo9k3LlHbUrD977yvrYYSaR6xHvB_PRngdFgHQlMlh1EKME-g7ke0F84Qy-QKSze4e1PrMp_EycZKoih-_5j3SI/s1600/Copy+of+critter+gitter.jpg)
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First drift through a promising run and I hook up. All I saw was a dorsal fin break the surface and I couldn't tell if it was a carp or a buffalo. After a couple large pulls upstream and then down, I scrambled to get my freshly stripped line back onto the spool. As I pulled the fish against the current I manage to bring it to the surface, a decent sized bigmouth buffalo. Had a brand new net with me and even remembered to use my digital scale. I put the netted fish on the hook, something I have rarely done in the past, scaling out at 10.5#.
![BIB](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNR_jVlxWzk8ZxDiR9nzOnNbQQAorl2lGdxyHby6-CBa1rJG9MIPUGQBCYpYT4bTPMnM_cNzRbctRmN3f3R0Yl7zCT075o6NlcHJ5rPceMI6AmfO6ENRDRg-W7hqLhA3C7VUnYqx_ETw/s1600/Copy+of+BIB.jpg)
![BIB](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB88Xbg8uL4RAtgHvWCBrrsBtdb6OeCk_rIc6fKJvLqkU8piWt4TlB5YxKecMcw0Dm4FikYGgpac_2zTPC-pDWD5Wa8iWB8FarXdUFA3JA8iv_yhKLxY8OcE31BHKvFpW2Jvu05g0DZ3o/s1600/full+BIB.jpg)
Hopefully next time I'll get the carp to play. I only had an hour window between when the sun came out and when I had to leave. Foul hooked a few tailers in the mud, visibility worse than that of chocolate milk. Saw a couple of nice spawners, but mostly small little punks. Hopefully the weather will become more consistent. Until then I'll keep dreaming of chasing tails...
That is weird all around. But a nice buffalo. Of course your fly did well.
ReplyDeleteGregg