Hi Folks, Spent a really nice afternoon evening fly fishing for smallmouth bass out of my canoe. Water temperature was 72 degrees. A slight west breeze when we started out but the lake became like glass as the afternoon progressed. We popped the smallmouth all afternoon with pretty good success. We had all types of fish come to the fly from perch and pumpkin seed to chain pickerel and of course hard fighting smallmouth. Yellow seemed to be the color as we cast a yellow and red stripped popper and a frog pattern with a yellow body. We fished shoreline cover and some with sharp drop offs. We located smallmouth off of downed wood, weed beds, and rock points. All of the fish were fat as could be. Looks like they are preparing for winter and putting on a feed bag. We landed 8 smallmouth and missed and lost another 6 fish. Consistent with nice 2lb bass that really put up a tussle. The fish of the night was a 20" smallmouth that had to weigh in around 4.5lbs plus. Incredible specimen that really did not want to be landed. Leaves are starting to turn. the soft maples are already becoming red. However, it does not feel like fall outside. It will be very summer like today. I am off to trout fish and then bass fish this afternoon. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have fun, Willy
