Smallmouth Bass. Hands down. I love getting away from the crowds on the local trout rivers to catch some native smallmouth here in the Ozarks. Solitude, running water, and smart powerful bronze beauties.

That being said, I also love fishing the weeds and pads for largemouth bass from a johnboat on big poppers and big tackle and then fishing smaller flies (dries and little poppers) for the smaller sunfish on the same waters.

Occasionally, I've been known to fish for trout, too, but usually when I'm where they grow natively (and not here in Arkansas, though we've got some big 'uns here!).