Mixing it Up

 

Do you see the fish?  It's a foot long smallmouth bass in the center of this photo. 

 

Travis impressively reeled in a steelie on 4 lb test. 

 

Typically, I can count on the trusty ole bluegills to bite the fly; they're sweet like that. :)

And catching gills is fun and all, but sometimes I want more of a challenge.

It's been awhile since I used an open spin with a jig.  I tried for crappie, and still got me a gill!

Surprisingly, I got a cute little baby channel cat, too!

And one of these:

I owe it all to my buddy Todd, who got a rock bass. :)

I reeled in a steelie on 4 lb test too, but.... mine was just a little shy of the legal size regulations, I'd say. :)

Yup, it's a big turtle.

I found switching from my usual flyrod fishing style to jig fishing brought on some interesting results.  It was nice to mix it up a bit.  :)  Btw, I have no idea what type of fish this is that I'm holding: