ospam (Big Dale) wrote in message ...

I had a good friend who fished the Perch-Off at the Austin Angler for many
years and was damn near disqualified AGAIN a few years ago when he hit a hex
hatch out near the school on Town Lake and he caught one of those trash fish
(largemouth bass) on a size 4 adams. It was close to a perfect match for the
bugs on the water. This was at about daybreak that morning.

Heh. Don't you *hate* when that happens. :-)

I think I know the area you're talking about on Town Lake. I used
to fish off one of the points just past the school parking lot. If
the water level was down, I could walk right out to a nice dropoff and
usually pick up a few decent bass.

As for the fly -- I was thinking about that very thing (Hex hatch)
when I was doing some tying on Monday night. That is one of the
hatches we get that is likely to get the interest of larger fish. I
tied 'em as #6, so I might need to go back to the vise again.


Chuck Vance