On Goldie Pond -Catching Piranhas With Gillbuster

Re: On Goldie Pond -Catching Piranhas With Gillbuster

feeds@kickapps.com (spinzo) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:40:09 PST

Nice hats!

Mike

Re: On Goldie Pond -Catching Piranhas With Gillbuster

feeds@kickapps.com (ohiosunfisher) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:41:29 PST

Nice fish and nice pics.
Rob

Re: On Goldie Pond -Catching Piranhas With Gillbuster

feeds@kickapps.com (JeffSod) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:10:27 PST

The goldie is a streamer type fly tied using gold mylar sold under the Bill's Bodi Braid trade name.

Here is a link to the tying instructions:

http://www.crossroadsanglers.com/goldie.html

If you don't tie your own flies you can buy them from www.bearsden.com If they aren't listed with the flies send the shop an email as I know they have them.

Re: On Goldie Pond -Catching Piranhas With Gillbuster

feeds@kickapps.com (Avid4wt) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:11:28 PST

What type of fly is a GOLDIE and what size wre you guys using ? Thanks.

Re: On Goldie Pond -Catching Piranhas With Gillbuster

feeds@kickapps.com (JeffSod) — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:59:01 PST

Gillbuster,
Hit the local river that we fished last year but the other end today. The stretch I fished today from kayak was the first time for me and it was quantity over quality . Though I saw one pig of a LMB on a bed and did hook a real nice pickerel along with a couple really fat yellow perch. I am going back as this is a nice stretch. Probably leave the 7wt at home and bring a lighter rod next time though....

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feeds@kickapps.com (gillbuster) — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:53:26 PST

Great post Jeff, as always when we fish together in float tubes, we always have a remarkable day...this fishing adventure was no different.The Goldie was the ONLY fly out of 7 flies I tried to produce. These fish hit like freight trains & were on steroids, no quantity, but extreme quality... I definitely felt like I was fishing in Northern Maine or Canada. Thanks again Jeff, great time...until next time see you on the water.
Tightlines,
Gillbuster

Re: On Goldie Pond -Catching Piranhas With Gillbuster

feeds@kickapps.com (JeffSod) — Sat, 31 May 2008 19:31:11 PST

The Pond-

Fighting the Largemouth-

Finally landed her-

Here's a close up-

One of the smallies-

On Goldie Pond -Catching Piranhas With Gillbuster

feeds@kickapps.com (JeffSod) — Sat, 31 May 2008 19:26:34 PST

Had the great pleasure of fishing a southeastern MA kettle pond with Gillbuster this afternoon. The target fish were Smallmouths and we were not disappointed.

Weather was perfect aside from the wild gusty Southwest winds ahead of approaching cold front. But if you took away the wind factor the overcast grey sky and drizzle was about perfect for keeping the fish from being shy. It was hard to tell if the fish were still on the beds as I didn't see any actively guarding them but the beds were clearly evident. The setting at that this particular pond was quite special with really no houses it felt like we were in the north country. This was only my second time fishing here and the first in a float tube. The fish were all quality. I personally had a great day acheiving a warmwater grand slam.

I started off the afternoon with what turned out to be the biggest fish of the day. Also was probably one of my top 5 best Largemouths I have ever taken on the fly rod...