Breaking in my new fly rod in KC yesterday and got a new rod at  Cabelas. A TQR 5-foot 2-weight. I hurried home and went out to the lake after the storm passed to see how this new little toy felt with a fish on the end of it. This was the first nice bluegill on the rod. All I could do was stand there and laugh as the rod doubled over and he ran straight for the weeds! What a fun rod!

Since today was a holiday, I got up and headed back out to the lake first thing this morning. Most folks camping hadn’t gotten around yet, so very few people were on the water. I ended up bringing home 8 gills about the same size as the above pic, all on the 2-weight. Before the clouds cleared, purple was just killing ‘em, and then chartreuse was the ticket after the sun came out.