Long report short but I’ve been getting my @ss kicked in my new home water of the capital of the south, the James River in Richmond, VA. Have had very little luck until today. Put on a copper M4 that I tied up for Chucktown and proceeded to have numerous hits on it, catching a gorgeous 10" smallie and losing a much larger one. Apparently I forgot how to set a hook on smallmouths because I missed/lost several more. The evening ended with me putting on a bigger, heavier black M4 and trying to sight nymph 20" catfish. Last cast got a solid hookup and I finally reeled up a 5 pound largemouth, biggest bass of the summer so far. And of course my camera battery was dead. Thanks for a great fly Mike. Back to the vise to crank out some more copper ones for smallies and some really big ones for the huge catfish here in Richmond.
There is no normal life, there’s just life.
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