So RnF and I have been trying to fish for quite a while now, and instead of it being a trip that involved trout rising to caddis flies, it involved fish rising to a bathtub rubber ducky. We started about 7 am got the flyrod snubbing from my friendly bass, so we had to get nasty with them. Spinnerbaits and the SUMO frog were on the fishy menu for the day. RnF went back to his spin / baitcasting days to hook up on the first few fish. The Mond Magic spinnerbait was the ticket for those fellas. He was very very accurate throwing that little bait to all the right spots.
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I was dead set on catching fish on my new sumo frog that I made some slight modifications to thanks to Zach at Fish Tech. Well, I guess it looked so good that the actual frogs out there couldn't resist it.
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That could be a good thing or a bad thing. After working several areas, I realized that it was indeed a good thing. The main mod I made to the frog was to put a Gamakatsu EWG frog hook in to replace the owner hook that had a much more narrow hook gap. See for yourself to see if it worked
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RnF was throwing a frog shortly thereafter He had several fish BLOW UP his frog, but they didn't want to play for keeps (He was using the Owner hook). That frog will get the gama mod very soon.
The other hot bait was a nichols spinnerbait with a double willow blade (bluegill color)
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It was funny being out there throwing some serious hardware at fish, yet we were talking about tying flies etc. It was a very fun trip that ended with sore thumbs, many bass brought to hand, and many new ideas for the fly tying vise.
I was dead set on catching fish on my new sumo frog that I made some slight modifications to thanks to Zach at Fish Tech. Well, I guess it looked so good that the actual frogs out there couldn't resist it.
That could be a good thing or a bad thing. After working several areas, I realized that it was indeed a good thing. The main mod I made to the frog was to put a Gamakatsu EWG frog hook in to replace the owner hook that had a much more narrow hook gap. See for yourself to see if it worked
RnF was throwing a frog shortly thereafter
He had several fish BLOW UP his frog, but they didn't want to play for keeps (He was using the Owner hook). That frog will get the gama mod very soon.The other hot bait was a nichols spinnerbait with a double willow blade (bluegill color)
It was funny being out there throwing some serious hardware at fish, yet we were talking about tying flies etc. It was a very fun trip that ended with sore thumbs, many bass brought to hand, and many new ideas for the fly tying vise.
