Friday 9/7

Went to a "meet the manager" meeting Thurs. am. Was an informing and helpful meeting. Night and Day difference than the one in Indian Lakes few weeks ago. Went into Conroe yesterday for some banking and groceries and meds from Wal-Mart. Went fly fishing in small pond by RV again late in evening. Caught couple small bluegills, then just as it was getting almost to dark to see the fly, I had a near miss on what I thought was a bigger bluegill. It was bigger also. Couple more tosses and it hit this time. Was pretty sure it wasn't a bluegill as it was putting up a lot better fight. Turned out to be a bass. About 8 or 9 inches. Took picture with the phone, but the light from the phone prevented it from being very good. Went for walk around the park earlier and took this pic.
Had dinner at the park cafe this evening. Chicken fried steak with three sides and drink for $6.50. Then we had thunderstorms going through again. Heavy thunder and some lightening. After it was over, went out close to dusk again with the fly rod. I either caught the same bass, or one close to the same size. This time brought it up to the RV for Kay to take a picture. Went back to the pond to release it, and decided to make a couple more casts. Got a big hit. Put up a real good fight on the light fly rod. Had to tire it down to try to get it up the bank. The bank is about 3 or 4 feet above the water. Finally worked it out of the water and was trying to slide it up the bank in the dark. Looked to be pretty good size when suddenly the pole sprang back and the fish went back into the pond. Thought I had broken my line, but found the hook still on the line. Now I have to catch it again just to prove it exists. :-)
Ed