A First!

I have caught a lot of Tilapia on bait and soft plastic in years past. Never caught one on a fly. Couple a weeks ago we went to the lake to let little man play in the very nice park. (My cover story at least.) No joy and a pretty rough storm ran us off. Well tried again today. The weather was crap here and the river was a deep red so smallies weren't gonna happen.

Fished around the dock and saw several. Tried a long list of flies. No success. They pick it up and drop is as fast. Put a Prince Nymph on and dropped against the dock. Saw several come by and check it out. A few gave it a quick taste and spit. Finally I got one interested he picked it up and I actually set the hook. Probably weighted a pound. (Camera was with momma at the playground Sorry). That's one more to the list

It sounds like Tilapia are fun to catch. Apparently they'll work ya until you catch one! Congrats on your first fly caught Tilapia!