The fish pulled like a freight train and jumped like a tarpon … but was just a medium sized largemouth bass. Such were the challenges of fishing in flooded rivers and streams this month. However, even in the midst of all the rain, there was one trip to a stream in Kansas that was notable. The purpose of the trip was to prove out the Ash Special flies on bass, crappie and catfish. The stream bank was choked with high brush and trees which made using a flyrod next to impossible

Pyramid Lake Nevada We arrived at the lake and set up camp in the afternoon. Everything was going according to plan and we were getting ready to fish when a horrendous storm with 50 mph wind gusts descended on the lake. The tent was quickly flattened when a fiberglass support pole snapped, but that did not deter us. On this lake the hottest bite can be in the middle of a storm, so we left the tent horizontal and started fishing. Before the wind settled down in the evening, 1