The Bend of the 1wt

Sometimes a bend in the rod is all we need for a little excitement.  The take of the fish, the rod doubles, and the reel screams as the fish makes his run gives anyone a thrill.  No matter what type of fish your after when you have that fish on and there is that bend in the rod and the feel of the fish a fisherman is in true heaven.  I had some time the other evening and I figured I would break out the Orvis Superfine 1wt rod.  It hasn't got used as much this year so I figured I would give it some action with some bluegills on small poppers, my usual pond has been tough to fish lately murky conditions and what not have made fishing tough but today I was surprised with good clarity when I arrived.  Usually when you come up with a big game plan it never ever ends up the way you usually plan sometime always changes or happens and things go astray.  Poppers are probably pushing the boundary of such a small rod but it cast them surprisingly well didn't turn them over as well as you would liked but that was pretty much expected for a lightweight rod.  Well I tied on a basic popper pattern and missed the first three fish so I am thinking well I better go smaller or this may be a tough tough evening of fishing and I could just hope I would not get skunked I could at least land something.  I open the fly box and see what I can come up with so a sneaky pete looks a little smaller so it gets the next shot at some fish.  A few fish are breaking the water so the anticipation to hook into a fish is growing.  Load up the rod and give the ole sneaky pete a nice long cast and the next thing I know gulp and the fly is inhaled into the depths of the pond.  The one weight rod comes alive with the fight of the fish.  After a short little fight the fish is in sight but this is where the plan runs amuck its no blue gill that I came to fish for its a nice solid bass a great fight on the ultra light fly rod.  After a few more casts I got that big chunky blue gill that I had came looking for this evening I was not disappointed with his fight he gave either.  The fish started to get a little more active and a lot more active in taking the little sneaky pete.  The rod was sure doing some flexing and bending as bass after bass was reeled in.  Sometimes you go looking for something and you get a good surprise this day I had my lightweight fly rod looking for one fish only to be surprised with some solid pond bass and some great action on a small little popper!  You can never beat a day on the water especially when there is that bend in the rod with a fish at the other end!