So I'm kicking off Season 2 of The Reel with my first couple of bass fly fishing sessions. With hopes of success at a new mark, the tides I could fish made my time there more reconaissance based and now I'm armed with some knowledge for when I can fish it on an appropriate tide.

I came down with a pretty nasty cough the week after my first trip so had a couple of weeks hiatus before getting out again. Weirdly I mirrored the first trip, trying the new mark again but the tide still not being quite right, before ending up at a mark I know better and have had success at.

I was keen to start the 2024 season off with a bit more success than last year, hitting the ground running. And I've managed to pull it off, finding some flow in a nice feature, my gut was telling me this could be the place. After fishing through the channel, I hooked into my new PB bass!

I caught it on a Clouser fly that I'd tied and on my fibreglass 8wt that Id built in the Winter, an awesome eat and scrap before getting it in the net!

Really pleased to have a bass on the fly this early in the year, just hoping I can keep it up now!

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