First Bass Session of 2015

     So as of last night the 2015 Bass Season is officially underway for me here in the Republican River Valley. Its hard for me to peruse through the Warm Water, and Bass on the Fly fan pages of Facebook because it seems as if every other angler in the country is already into bass way before me. But now I can lay my claim as one of them. The mornings are still way to cold and dark to be of any good. So I set my sights on an evening session. The day had been in the low 70's, so I hit the lake at 7pm in hope of catching something before dark. Even with the warm day the water temp is still pretty damn cold, but I was able to wet wade through it. Most of the evening was spent as just on the water casting practice, but just before full darkness set in I had a sudden jerk and live weight on the end of the line. I had been using a small black fly in size 6 that I simply call the little black fly. If I had to put a label on it I would say it looks like a small leech or tadpole. But the truth is its just a simple black buggy looking thing that moves really slow and looks like food. I really prefer using this type of fly early in the season when the water is still cold simply because there is still not much moving in the lake this time of year, and I think big, splashy, heavy flies spook the bass a bit.
   He was a little guy, maybe a pound and a half at best. You could have fit a golf ball in his open mouth but not much more. So I am guessing more than a pound less than two. I was so excited I didn't even think to grab the camera and get a picture. But that was my official first bass of 2015 and with any luck and a whole lot of time on the water I plan to add a lot more to the count. Game On!