Don’t forget slower-moving streams holding largemouth bass in mid-summer. The fish will locate in deep pools where the water is cooler. It’s a bank-casting situation due to muddy stream bottoms, but the fishing is well worth it. After some time Continue reading →

Terry’s late-evening (after 6:30 pm) float trip to a local pond found a ravenous largemouth bass population. A 6-wt. rod and size-2 yellow diving frogs that are easier to see in the shaded weed pockets proved to be the magic Continue reading →

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Take one 3-wt. with sponge spiders wet-wading in a spring-fed stream. Ahhh. Expect relief in an hour or two before sunset.

Terry’s evening trip to a canopied stretch of a nearby stream fostered some surprises. He expected to catch some Continue reading →

With fishing options limited by intense heat and high, muddy rivers a late-evening float tube trip to a shady pond was just the ticket. A black Bass Bully was cast on full-sink line to submerged brush piles. Five largemouth Continue reading →

I float tubed a pond in late evening to beat the recent excessive heat using a 7-wt. and a size-2 chartreuse/red Hula Diver. Casts to shaded pockets in the weedline induced explosive strikes and bull-dogging fights accompanied by head-shaking leaps. Continue reading →

There is a beautiful stretch of pocket water on my favorite smallmouth stream. On the hike to my fishing spot, I encountered a dead tree branch hanging over the water that was covered with trapped mayflies. Rock-turning in the shallows Continue reading →

A smallmouth bass swirled in the rock-infested shallows forcing tiny minnows to spray into the air to escape. The first strip of my size-10 silver/white Mini Minnie was viciously attacked and a head-shaking leap preceded a current-aided tug-of-war. Finally Continue reading →

Bluegills, with only two exceptions, always approach their prospective meal from behind and hesitate. That hesitation enables evaluation through smell and sight. If it passes inspection it’s sucked into its mouth. The two exceptions are during the spawning process Continue reading →