{"id":10746,"date":"2018-05-30T01:13:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T23:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/?p=10746"},"modified":"2018-05-30T01:48:39","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T23:48:39","slug":"fly-fishing-near-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/30\/fly-fishing-near-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Fly Fishing Near Chicago.."},"content":{"rendered":"

On a short trip to Chicago with Iza last year to see my Aunty Ita I managed to squeeze in a fishing day. One thing that excites me about fly fishing in a place I know nothing about is figuring it out. The first thing was to find a location. I wanted something near the city to see if decent urban fishing existed. There were quite a few lakes in the vicinity of the city and all held fish. The surrounds of these lakes were built up housing estates. After some research I chose Busse<\/a> Woods Lake. It’s quite big, made up of a number of interconnected smaller lakes with good scope for casting a fly without hooking a pedestrian. Target species? Whatever eats the fly! I tried a number parts of the lake before deciding on a location to focus on. After a short walk along the shore there was nobody around. The people congregated close to car parks or formed tracks but once I got onto a wild lake edge the people \/ anglers were only visible in boats. I walked the shore, blind casting looking for structure or anything fishy. I picked up a little bluegill and a couple of small bass as I hunted the margins. Then I spotted a decent swirl. I put on a silicon smelt and sent in a number of casts in the vicinity of the movement. I had a take but no hook up, then a follow, another follow; all from the same fish I’m pretty sure. Finally a solid hook up and I landed a healthy largemouth bass, about a pound in weight. I continued my mission around the lake which was mostly very quiet but I picked up another wee bass and a crappie big enough to fight back. As the sun started to set I was about walk back along the shore but I heard some voices, I pushed on a little and met an old man and his dog. We chatted for ages about life in general, only occasionally mentioning fishing! He put me wise to a much easier way to walk back to the car. All up, a very successful day in my book!<\/p>\n

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Tight Lines,<\/p>\n

Ronan..<\/p>\n\n\t\t