Homemade fly - first fish!

[kastmaster]

Exciting! It's a floating fly, but I used a split shot to get some cast distance and so turned it into a midwater fly today. Hastily constructed with a #8 hook, some wine cork, duck feather, funky bead and black thread. My first attempt at fly tying, not pretty, but I caught something!

[Midnightpass]

As you know, being the “kastmaster”, it’s not always the prettiest lure that catches the fish… Very cool…
Butch

[kastmaster]

Caught a 2nd, then the fish seemed to say, "oh we have seen THAT before!" I really want to get a surface fly to work on these fish, as they are picking off swimming bees in this pool. I did add a clear float to get some distance from shore, but twitching the float to get movement on the fly is a mixed blessing, though I got some interest. Something I need to figure out with spinning gear at this spot.

[Swings are free]

That's a perty fish

[Bendo]

I used to use a section of floating Fly Line, to throw Nymphs at the Owen’s River, a 1 foot section casts a long way on light line and acts like a Bobber(Strike Indicator). Just stop it in the air to get the Fly past the Fly Line before it lands. Good luck!