They are the most popular game fish in the USA but i rarely fish for them। Not because i am above it or they are not worthy sport. They certainly present some of the finest early season & summer sport around. It is not because i live in the north and they do not reach the epic proportions of the south, and not because i catch my full when fishing for other fish.
In the early spring i get my smallest bead head and a relatively light 3 wt i circle ponds and lakes & i proceed to go sight fishing. Usually i know where the reds are and upon finding a suitable one sneak up and commence to bounce the bead off the head of my advisory. After a fews bops they strike and although you have technically caught them, the fun begins b/c you can't really land an unwilling 5 or 7 lb fish on a 3 wt. He can just back paddle and you could not real him on 2 lb test line. Often the masters of their domain will seek out a an underwater obstacle wrap you around a few times and break you off.
I then gently walk away so as to not disturb the balance of the nest guarding process.
After the eggs hatch the fry are driven into the shallows at the NE tip of the swell. During the day they are relatively unmolested but at night you can hear the woooosch into water 1"-3" deep and as often the sounds of a aqua creature scampering back to his domain from ours with all the associated flaps and slaps.
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