Monday, September 3, 2012

stripping streamers

Hi folks, Guided for river smallmouth bass yesterday with the fly rods.  Another warm sunny day with no rain.  Sure could use some rain.  The river was 72 degrees at very low.  Pretty easy getting around the big water with the current levels.  Top water fishing was slow yesterday as we only had 2 smallmouth eat off the top.  We had a bit of success dead drifting some large stone fly patterns and olvie and brown wolly buggers under an indicator.  However, the best approach yesterday was casting and stripping erratically chartreuse colored clauser minnows.  Some really violent strikes and the fish seemed to want something moved fairly quickly.  We found smallies in all of the really large primary pools.  Beautiful morning for fishing.  Off to chase smallmouth from the boat this morning and then in the river this afternoon.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy