Personal Best- Black Crappie

[J. Rentch]

A bunch of Free State Fly Fishers headed to a Delaware pond today for some action. Overcast skies, air temp 64, water temp 54 and a gusty west wind made locating spots difficult. I did manage to land my personal best Black Crappie-12" on a red Leach on my 6wt. It was a fatty.
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Found a few Blue Gills near the launch using my 4wt. They were caught on a Squirmy Worm. Never used it before, but after watching some videos on You Tube, decided to give it a try.
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[Big Mike]

Nice crappie. Looks like it’s getting its spawn color on.

[J. Rentch]

It had a full belly.

[J.A. Veil]

Congratulations on a personal best.

[bignose]

Chunky Crappie.

Lot's of fun on the fly rod!
You have some interesting flies!

A new fly rod addict has been created.

[J. Rentch]

You said it!

[Mark]

John,

It was killing me that I couldn't join you yesterday.

The weather was perfect and obviously the pond was obliging.

Very nice crappie.

I'm looking forward to my next DE visit -- so many pretty and productive ponds; so little time!