Posted Today, 02:44 PM
It been to much fun. Smallies getting in a conga line to eat emerging and adult mayflies. I made it out thursday evening, really I started a little earlier than that with a few smaller fish to hand. I tried Murdichs, flashdances, big poppers small poppers and Barto Minnows also. I am always amazed at the size of a streamer that will catch a dink smallie, they try. Then on a Blue Gill size popper, a #10 dead drifted through a run not even popping it. Well once the Sun went down behind the clouds in the western sky the Smallies would line up for the evening mayfly hatch. It seemed as if there were fish coming up everywhere, almost didn't know where to cast. I tied on a #12 Adams, I'm going to have to come up with a more durable Mayfly pattern for Smallie. While out on the water I did meet up with Mike H from ISA. , he was kind enough to take a picture for me. Thank you Mike it was nice to see you again.In about 35 minutes of fish I caught 8 Bass all between 16" to 13". I'm going to have to put together a dry fly box for Smallies. What I did notice is that Smallmouth will all take the fly different some sipped then from the surface , some very big splash, some airborne, which are all fun. You hook more that you land. Ten as soon as the fish start biteing it's over, once it gets dark the party is over. I guess I'm not the only one that can't Adams in the dark. I want to get out for some more Smallies on Dries, but it may be over by that time. It was just to much fun. http://i938.photobuc...rlB46/009-1.jpg http://i938.photobuc...rlB46/004-1.jpg http://i938.photobuc...rlB46/006-1.jpg http://i938.photobuc...CarlB46/008.jpg http://i938.photobuc...CarlB46/014.jpg