lots of casting

Hi folks, Guided with the boat yesterday morning for smallmouth bass on a large body of water.  Heavy morning fog with steadily increasing wind from the east.  Surface temperature of the water was 73 degrees.  We covered a lot of water and made lots of cast to a wide variety of cover.  Cannot say there was any consistency to where we located smallmouth.  We found them on the edges of wood, off rock points, soft bottom points, rock faces, and shoreline drop offs.  We caught a good number of bass, but nothing of major size.  The fly of the day was a black and yellow popper with a good concave face that made a good deep sounding pop when moved with the rod tip.  Saw a great hatch of flying ants last night in Stowe.  They really get the fish looking up.  Patterns in black and cinnamon from #14 to #22 will work.  Make sure you have ant patterns in your box as they can pop up anytime for the next few weeks.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy