halcyon night

Tonight was one of those oh so rare nights when quantity and quality come together. Its nights like tonight you remember long after you have forgotten the fishless trips. Almost all of my fish tonight were in very fast very shallow water. A couple of the best fish were definitely in water less than a foot deep but it was really moving. A few on a square bill crankbait, a couple on a grub but the clear winner in the fishes eyes was a paddleswim. Mostly on short pitches up into shallow fast water and trying to reel fast enough to feel a bite, which wasn't too hard since they were really trying to murder the bait tonight. If you look at the close up photo of the one fish you will see its completely clouded over eye which didn't seem to bother it a bit as it ran down my bait in the swift water. I'll go to sleep happy tonight.