No Fish is Too Small to Photograph

When I was a kid, I remember one of my brothers used to say that the first fish you catch is ALWAYS a keeper.  If it's on the small side, and you catch a larger fish, the first one becomes "Badly hooked, and would have died anyway".  So with that logic, I would also submit that there is no fish too small to photograph.  (Maybe I'll post later about some photographic techniques to actually make the fish appear larger then they really are).

That's the nice thing about fly fishing.  Fly Fisherman seem to be content with catching smaller fish.  Or, at least they're not so disappointed with the smaller ones.  That light tackle really makes catching anything fun.  Here are a couple of pictures from this evening's outing.  I fish this pond every couple of weeks while waiting for my youngest son at his violin lesson.  I have fished this place probably 5 times and this was my first time to catch anything.  I caught this bass on a bead head autumn bugger.

[caption id="attachment_81" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Proof that no fish is too small to photograph"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_82" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Two Mallards on the pond"][/caption]