Went out yesterday for two hours again using my fly rod but this time I brought along a spinning rod, a new Papala reel and the new Ugly Stick 61/2′ light spinning rod.  A great combination.  You don’t have to spend a lot to get a great combination.  For the average fisherman this combination is excellent.  The fly rod with the plastic silver minnow was not the best combo today so I switched to the spinning rod.  I first tried a in-line spinner, chartuse with red and caught two crappie but after many casts.  I switched to a beetle spin combo, gold, with a blue 21/2″ ribbon tail grub.  I got several taps but only two hookups.  The crappie were hitting short, probably grabbing the tail of the grub.  I then switched to a silver beetle spin but with my small black and white plastic minnow.  That was the ticket.  I started catching fish but SUPPERTIME!  Had to stop so as not to create a problem in the household.  Well, I’ll leave you now, happy fishing!