I caught my first fly fishing bass.  In fact, I caught two. One was about 12'' the other about 8''.  Still really fun.  I was using like a 1.5'' bass bug, which feels really weird because I'm used to throwing big wake-baits, swimbaits, and frogs.  Totally different animal, but I highly suggest you guys pick up bass bugging. 

Switch to rabbit strip flies made for musky.  really fun.

not sure why I really ever stopped fishing like that but mostly has to do with rather be on the boat. (and was not real good so I would have just snagged everything on my boat over and over.)

I believe you. Now if you said a 26" & 28" I might ask for pics. Light tackle is fun.

One of my fly fishing friends loves using top-water spiders for the little bass and sunfish. It's crazy action when it's on and can be a lot of fun on very light tackle. His biggest was a 15 incher on a small fry pattern.