This was my first trip on the Amite River. I've heard a lot about it and wanted to see for myself. I loaded a couple of flyrods, a small tackle box and a light anchor and drove the thirty miles to the put in. This section of the river has 3 to 8 foot sandy banks and flows through some really thickly wooded uplands. I paddled about 3.5 miles to a nice sand bar. Forgive a swamp-raised Cajun a couple of pics of a real, gen-u-ine sand bar. Kind of a treat for someone who's had black, gooey swamp mud on his boots for 58 years.
Evidently, I wasn't the first to find this sandbar.
Down a ways, I came upon this old cypress tree smack dab in the middle of the river.
I caught a few small bream at the sandbar and a few hundred yards more up river, I turned into 10 ft wide cut that opened up into a small lake. I caught a few more bream on a popping bug , some nice ones but mostly runts. I switched to a bead headed black spider and caught a couple of nice ones and this little bass. Not much on regular tackle, but fun as heck on a light 3 weight flyrod.
To give you an idea how light this rod is, the tip right behind the tip guide is quite a bit smaller than a common round toothpick.
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The wind started kicking up so I headed for home. I plotted my course when I got home and figured how far I paddled. The old Swamper averaged 4.6 mph. I'd say that's mighty fine, seeing as much of that was paddling into a stiff head wind.
Joey
Evidently, I wasn't the first to find this sandbar.
Down a ways, I came upon this old cypress tree smack dab in the middle of the river.
I caught a few small bream at the sandbar and a few hundred yards more up river, I turned into 10 ft wide cut that opened up into a small lake. I caught a few more bream on a popping bug , some nice ones but mostly runts. I switched to a bead headed black spider and caught a couple of nice ones and this little bass. Not much on regular tackle, but fun as heck on a light 3 weight flyrod.
To give you an idea how light this rod is, the tip right behind the tip guide is quite a bit smaller than a common round toothpick.
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The wind started kicking up so I headed for home. I plotted my course when I got home and figured how far I paddled. The old Swamper averaged 4.6 mph. I'd say that's mighty fine, seeing as much of that was paddling into a stiff head wind.
Joey