After dinner today I decided to throw some dries to some bass. Using a size 18 PMD, I got one three pounder, and two that were about 1 pond. Then I came across a pair of bass, one about three pounds, while the other was more like 6-7. When I casted to them, they didn’t even react. I watched another smaller fish, about the same size as the smaller one in the pair swim up. The two similar fish then started to fight i watched, and once the third fish swam away, I walked back to my house to grab my 7 wt, and tied on an olive and white clouser. After like 15 minutes of casting, I got the little one to eat, but it was just picking the fly up from the tip, and I couldn’t get a good hookset. After another 15 minutes, the big one ate. I set the hook, andThe fish ran out to the middle of the pond. The fish jumped once, and it was still on. When it jumped a second time, the line wet slack. 
The good news is, that this is the second time i’ve seen these fish doing the same thing, so I’ll be out there again tomorrow:wink:
Nice job on tricking the big hog. That is one tiny ass dry fly to hook a bass on. I very rarely go smaller than an 18 for trout!
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sounds like they are bedding… not big eaters then… they’ll move stuff out of the bed and not really eat it unless you piss them off. Just wait til they get done bedding 
tie up some gurglers in green to look like small frogs and hang on
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I saw several big fish behaving the same way Sunday, couldn’t hook up with any though. How long does this bedding behavior normally last? I’m ready for them to start eating all the tasty feathers I’m offering.
Caught one Thursday night 8-9 pounds on a popper.
I was looking over my shoulder talking to someone and the popper sat still for over a minute. The big bass must have been eye balling the fly the whole time. I looked back bumped it one time and pond monster was on.
Lesson learned. Don’t work popper too much.
they bed for a few weeks then guard the fry for another few weeks… usually about a month and they’ll be abck to eating anythign that moves… wore out the crappie tonight tho
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i caught a few bass and bream on a size 6 gurgler in green yesterday and today. bass were between 3 and 5 lbs… hey nikon where did u catch those crappie…i used to catch them all the time in nj but have been done here for 5 years and havent caught one yet
Dahlberg Divers are very effective also for largemouths.
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Didn’t see he big boy at all today, but threw some small stuff again and got about a 12" bluegill on a #14 green drake.