Lake Hall - May 8

[Terrier]

I fished yesterday afternoon with the fly rods from 3:00 - 8:00 (got chased off the lake by a thunderstorm for an hour). Surprisingly slow day - ended up with 6 bream and 1 speck . The bream were big, with two at 9" and two at 10". The 10" bream were caught on poppers and put up a great fight. I missed a large bass on my light bream fly rod. I cast out, let the fly sink a bit and started to bring it in slow when it stopped like it was hung up on a branch. Then the rod bowed over and I could feel the bass head shaking. I let the line slip out and the bass began to run (I only had 5 lb test tippet so I couldn't pressure the fish). It ran a little bit more and then gave a one more head shake and snapped the line. I don't know how big it was, but at least 5lbs and maybe up to 8lbs. The fly was tiny - a size 8 hook that bream have no trouble with.

10" bream photos:

[Flint River Pirate]

Cool man. Thanks for the report and pics.

[breeze]

Slow bite is much better than no bite I keep saying I,m going to learn to fly-fish one day. Looks like alot of fun!Good pics.

[CSMarine]

10 inch bream!! Especially on a fly rod. Man, I bet that was fun. Thanks for the report.