Actually truth be told it did swallow the fly. I was fishing two rods at this time. I had one with an indicator and a large leech about 6 feet down, I was casting another line and left the one rod with the indicator in the rod holder. All of I hear the line ripping off the reel. I quickly put down the rod I was holding down and grab the rod with the fish on it. I played it for a while and man I love the fight of those smallies. It jumped several times and gave me a great fight. I got it to the boat and it was bleeding bad. I actually tried to revive it but it just didnt come around.
Here is a better picture of it showing its size
![](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/bbronswyk2000/Island%20Life/Fishing/IMGP1235.jpg)
Trust me anything around 7lbs is not going to dwarf my hand. If you met me you would know that
![Wink ;)](http://www.fishingwithrod.com/yabbse/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
BTW noxscape is right it was an island lake and not a transplanted fish. These fish were put in this lake by the ministry as early as the 30's