Chopper

Mike and I went out to chase some river tailor (bluefish) this afternoon.

Although the fish were rising to our poppers quite regularly for a hour or so, we were struggling to get a hook up for some reason.

For many occasions, the fish came up and make a swirl underneath of the fly, and then they went down without hitting the fly. We still got a couple of good hits with splash, but again they didn't produce a solid hook up.


Mike trying his new LOOP #5.



Only fish that we hooked up this afternoon was the one which came up to grab my deer hair popper, and I couldn't believe how quiet the hit was. It was almost like watching trout rising to mayfly emergers. It was a very interesting session, I thought.

They don't get called "chopper" for nothing.


Canon D10