Foam Grasshopper Again This Round!

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Front was rolling in and temps were dropping and the wind was howling. Decided to try fishing Kroger Pond since the Significant Other sent Your’s Truly on a grocery errand… which equates to a stop at the pond at Bethany Ridge Park aka “Kroger Pond”!

Managed to catch two Bluegill and a nice Bass. Had lots more misses but the size 12 Foam Grasshopper was too big for the little Bluegill that were nipping at the fishing fly.

No worries though… the Bass put up a nice fight on the 5-Weight!

 

 


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