There are times when fishing fits a narrative--even if that narrative is nothing but imaginative thinking. Last night was one of those times.
If you read my last journal entry, you know that I tied a new triple articulated deceiver and that the first three fish it caught were all over 24" and one (that I lost after a fight) was probably over 30". And this fly seemed to take a savage strike very quickly after being in the water.
I followed up that fishing with a session last evening as the sun was approaching the horizon, and caught four fish. This time, the first was sizeable in the 24-26" range, but then each one after that was smaller, and smaller and smaller still: about 20, then about 16, then barely 12 inches. While the larger first fish took it without warning (as was also true in the previous days), the smaller fish all took repeated swipes at the fly before finally taking it. This seems to be -- possibly -- a behavioral difference between larger versus smaller bass. Imaginary thinking?
The other imaginary thinking aspect: best chance for big is first catch in a swim....which is "proved" by my results. Of course in reality it is not so simple, is it?
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