A recent blast of arctic air sent me to a spring branch that emits a constant 54-degree flow. Plummeting temperatures in the main river induced warmwater species to enter the spring. Careful stalking and 5X tippets enabled short roll Continue reading →

Brilliantly-colored leaves framed the long, deep, rocky pool I chose this week. My intention was fishing for smallmouth bass. A size-6 bead-head brown woolly bugger was knotted to a 4-foot length of 4X tippet on an intermediate line. A Continue reading →

Nasty day! Cold, 48 degrees, windy (NE at 12 mph) was about perfect for white bass. I waded a windblown flat on a major reservoir with an 8 weight, full-sinking line (3 ips), and an all-white Clouser. Casting into the Continue reading →

Finally, we had a warmer 70-degree windless day spent wading a small rocky stream. I cast a size-10 popper, and a bead-head woolly bugger called a “Chili Pepper.” Eleven Smallmouth Bass to 13 inches were brought to the net Continue reading →

A cold 47-degree day with a gusty North wind was spent wading upstream with a 4-weight and intermediate line to the entrance of a small spring. Silver/white Mini Minnies brought a mixed bag to the net with male white Continue reading →

Recent rains have our rivers high and discolored while recharging area ponds. Float tubing a pond with a 6-weight, intermediate (2 ips) line, and size-2 streamers cast into pockets in the weeds gave me fast action. Seventeen largemouths from Continue reading →

We spent last week on Florida’s “Forgotten Coast” getting a “salt fix,” having a great time with good friends overeating fresh seafood and wading the flats. The fishing was affected by red tide earlier in September but we caught Continue reading →

An upstream wade to the entrance of a small tributary led to fan-casting a large rocky eddy. Smallmouth bass seemed to lurk behind every rock and were eager to grab size-10 white/silver Mini Minnies. None were larger than 10 Continue reading →

The sprawling pond I chose for enjoying the beautiful weather was drenched in mid-afternoon sun that caused the bluegill population to locate 4 to 5 feet deep at the base of the coontail weedline. Sink-tip line cast parallel to the Continue reading →

A 3-wt. rod with 4X tippet and Sponge Spiders accompanied an evening stream wade in anticipation of catching “mean greenies” and longear sunfish. Many were landed before approaching a rocky pool tailout where smallmouths attacked the gently twitched Continue reading →