I didn't waste any time getting Bassmans flies in the water. Never seen a wooly fish like this one; in the water there are scores of
pulsating hairs this bass and gill couldn't resist. Caught with a 4wt CGR.

Darn nice fish! And as a bonus, when I expanded the photo by clicking on it, I received a pop-up ad along with it - busty photo included "sexy Asian women looking for older men"! Did you send that along, or is that just the power of Nick's fly's pulsating feathers?

I will certainly not install an ad blocker John That would take the excitement out of expanding images next time!

Not my doing, must be the pulsating feathers.

Wanting to fish Bassman's above fly in the dark I was on my way to work well before sunrise and stopped by a local pond. In somewhat of a hurry I grabbed the 5wt Eagle Claw because it was the quickest to assemble (2 piece and stuck in pvc with reel and 6 wt line attached). At the pond the six weight line would not cast well, fly is extremely light for it's bulky size and I needed heavier line. Hurriedly I scrambled back to the car, grabbed a reel of 7 wt line and continued to fish.
The sun was just below the horizon and just enough light reflected onto the pond's surface to see the fly's gurgling path; then, the pond would erupt as these bass pounced on the fly.

I couldn't dislodge the fly from the second bass without harming the fish so it was released with the fly. I then tied on a second Bassman's fly shown below and landed 2 more bass also shown below.

I returned to the pond this evening and fished a few more of Bassman's flies pictured below with some of the gills caught.

Thanks for sharing. Nice.