Last summer, I tied my first few game changers. I was skeptical about whether they would have the action that so many people have talked about and what I had seen in videos. I didn't think that this fly could move like what I had seen. I was also unsure about whether a game changer that I tied would behave similarly. So my utter shock and amazement, I found out that I could tie a pretty good game changer fly that did indeed have the legendary action that I had seen and heard about. The next step was field testing.
If you haven't picked up on my cynicism and skepticism yet, let me point out that I am both when it comes to new things. I rarely expect projects that I take on to live up to my high standards and I follow our unofficial family moto of "prepare for the worst and hope for the best." I find that having tempered enthusiasm avoids letdowns and disappointment. These disclaimers were thrown out the window when I drug my fly through the water for the first time. It did everything that I had hoped for. It's swimming motion was fantastic. When I gave a hard strip and a pause, it would dart and hover a little. It was easy to cast and didn't foul one time over the course of the first field test. While my confidence was rising, my last amount of doubt said, "Is this a fly that catching fish or catches fishermen?"
What I mean by the last statement is that I have seen amazing flies and fishing lures that just don't catch fish. I've seen this more in fishing lures a sit seems like every year there is a trendy lure on the market. I've seen Ned rigs, wake baits, shakey head worms, and the banjo minnow catch a lot of anglers and some of them catch fish. Those trends seem to come and go but what I am looking for is something with staying power. I was hoping that this fly would prove to be so effective that I will tie it for years to come. Against (what I felt) were long odds, this fly worked. The largemouth that I was fishing for the morning of my field testing, showed me what I needed to know. They hit the fly hard, hooksets were effective, and I landed almost every fish that hit the fly.
That morning showed me everything that I needed to see. The fly checked all of the boxes that it needed to prior to me selling it in my online store. It is important to note that I only sell flies in my store that I have full faith in and have caught fish with before. For those reasons, I am now selling white game changers, as well as chartreuse game changers, in my online store now. It is my hope that if I can catch fish on this fly, then you can too! Good luck on the water and thanks for visiting this site. I greatly appreciate all page views as well as online store purchases.
