I had the afternoon off, so........

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I had the afternoon off, so........

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I had the afternoon off, so a buddy of mine who is recently retired joined me for a little wading in the Ottawa River. My friend had never fished this part of the river and it was a real eye-opener for him.

We hit the water just after 1 pm and began fishing streamers along the eastern end of the islands at Champlain Bridge. We both hooked a few nice smallies in the 12" range. I went into the river on the Ottawa side and fished the rapids. It was fish after fish for about 15 minutes. At one point I was checking my line and my fly dangled in the water. A bass came right up grabbed it! I'm not sure how many fish we caught, but the best ones were about 14" and just over a pound....great fun on the fly rod.

We continued for until about 4 pm when we were petty much done in by the heat and humidity. Thank god the weather held out...I even got a little bit of a sun burn.
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Better yet is when you pick up to re-cast and 4" rock bass takes your fly and goes along for the ride through the air! LOL
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Flying fish....... :lol:
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catch n cast!
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