A Fine Bass to open the season

**WJvE** · 29-08-13

Had a chance to go fishing last Friday morning for a few hours and was rewarded with a nice Largemouth of 67cm.

I did not have a scale so I do not have a exact whieght but on a five wheight this fish pulled like a fright train. And in open water with no opstructions she did a few good runs. She was fooled with a black brush fly that I'm working on to mimick the fluke's that the Bass anglers using to great efect. The photos were taken with a phone camera so excuse the quality.

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**dlampert** · 29-08-13

Congrats, awesome fish!

**Paul J** · 29-08-13

wow, nice fish! would love to see a pic of the fly

**firephish** · 29-08-13

Very nice fish, Chelmsford?

**Korrie** · 29-08-13

WOW, WELL DONE. Super fish.

**WJvE** · 29-08-13

Thanks Guy's!! She was caust in a private dam in the Chelmsford area. I know of atleast five fish of the same size that came out in the same dam last year and one of just over 6kg's

mostly ons bass equipment. I'll post a pic of the fly asap!

**Scythe** · 29-08-13

Originally Posted by WJvE

I'll post a pic of the fly asap!

Good job that's a lekker Bass especially on a 5WT fly rod ... my (un)educated guess would put that fish somewhere between 3.5Kg and 5Kgs ... hard to tell on the day, size of belly, girth, food in belly all things affect the weight of a Bass greatly.

**WJvE** · 29-08-13

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Here is a pic of the fly used, the black one at the bottom

Hook- Gamakatsu B10s size2
Tail- Four Black hackle feathers
Boddy- Black Frizz Fibre brush
Flash- Flat Mylar
Lead- 0.025 fulllength of shank

Some how I managed to get the weight destrubution corect on this fly it has a lovely swiming action when retreved with short bursts!