Effect...
Place - a hidden private pond about an hour east of Austin...
The fly looks a little ratty because it saw the inside of over a dozen largemouths that morning before 9:00 (had to quit to make it to church on time).
I took nearly that many the evening before on a Dahlberg Diver before losing it in the lilly pads. My friend had similar luck both days with Llano Bugs.
Because the pads extended about 30-40 feet from the bank, long casts were the rule of the day. With the strike, you had to high stick to try to skate the bass over the pads. If they got below, you had trouble. But we never lost a hooked fish either day due to weeds.
This was a flyrodders paradise...without flotation you couldn't have fished this place with conventional tackle.
These fish were all very dark, and were all released. The water was the color of strong iced tea.