Standing knee deep for most the day I took to the far bank for a bit of drying time while I scouted a new spot. It was a feeder creek, tiny, maybe four feet across at this spot, but nearly a foot deep. I had good results fishing spots down river. A few Hybrid stripers, white bass, and a nice smallie had been landed. The low water was moved past large beaches exposed by the low water. It was by no means super low, but this semi-large river was now very wadeable with a steady current.
After I had fished some nice spots lower in the river I went north and tried this small feeder creek. As I approached, about 30 hybrid stripers came flying out of the creek and into the pool. Most about two pounds. I saw one fish maybe over fifteen inches. As I approached the lower bank where the creek meet the river, something happened I will never forget.
We have all herd of mouse being eaten by fish, but seeing it something else. Most of us miss this. And I have never heard of Hybrids eating mouse before. But as I approached the bank a small mouse found himself trapped, I had not seen him there. He turned and took to the river. After about five feet of slow swimming, a Hybrid rolled on it and the mouse was gone.
Now if you ever fish small mouth water, you should have mouse flies, even in winter. I had three.
The fishing was unreal. I maybe got fifty fish on mouse patters alone, and after my mouth flies wore out I tried every top water fly I had on me. It was epic! Fish where blitzing the flies. I lost a monster on a crease fly and a few others on my remaining mice. All my top water flies where tore to pieces.
After that I started changing flies like made till I found a streamer that was perfect.
Meet the Iychymimus! (means fish mimic) It is one crazy fly and is one of the patterns I dish out on orders. Its about three inches long and is great for predators. I got about fifty fish on this one really long lasting fly.
