Fall fly fishing in Prospect Park

We are in the middle of Indian summer and the temperature is 65 F!  The algae has died and
fish are active.  It is one of the two best times to fish.  The other is springtime.

I put on my lumbar pack and walked to Prospect Park Lake.  My plan was to fish different
parts of the Lullwater and work my way to the main part of the lake.  A small bluegill taken from the Lullwater section of the lake.

Duck Island on the south shore of Prospect Park Lake.  My friends Anthony and Dennis
were fishing for crappie and perch using ultra light spinning gear.  I watch them fish for awhile.
They had zeroed in on where the fish were holding.  It appeared that fish were drifting to the
right of Duck Island.

I began fishing south of where they were standing because there was no room to cast next to them.
Years ago this spot held many big bluegill.  In fact , I once caught a ten inch bluegill south of the island!
But the  area has been poached so often the number of fish here is much lower now.

I tied on a streamer from England.  This fly catches crappie and other fish when they are feeding on minnows.  As I cast, I noticed that Dennis was catching fish in an area I planed to fish.  He moved north and
I begin to work that area with long casts.  After about a dozen casts I felt a tug on my line.  The fish was a long way from shore but I kept my rod tip low and he didn't get off my hook.  I caught a yellow perch.

The early sunset proving that each day the sun will move west earlier until the winter solstice.  Spring
is on the way.