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Nice fish there and glad you got out. I love catching bass on topwater baits. the Silver Heddon Tiny torpedo is a good bet as well for smallies and the occasional pike. I always wanted to catch trout on top water and think that is a big reason why I finally got into fly fishing. Last week i caught a few bass and pike and today hit the schroon river and caught some pretty rainbows. I got a few on a dry fly and the rest on an orange, black and squirrel tail streamer. Thanks for posting the pics of the bass and have a good one.

Good evening all. My name is Brandon and I like all types of fishing. I got into fly tying 3 years ago and then started fly fishing soon after. I grew up in NW Connecticut fishing for brookies, browns and now and again would catch some nice rainbows in the Housatonic. Now I live in NY and mostly fish north of me in the Adirondack park. I went to school at SUNY Plattsburgh and was introduced to fly fishing first through the May-June salmon/smallmouth fishing in the Saranac. I never caught any salmon then but always wanted to. I later began fishing smaller waters and caught my first few trout and was hooked. Last week I caught my first landlocked salmon that came out of Lake Champlain. I talked to some fishermen from Montreal and they recommended the tungsten head black stonefly nymph I had tied a few weeks prior to the trip. I am glad I tied it on for on the 6th cast I caught the beautiful fish. I will never forget it. Life has been good to me and my new job will give me summers off to fish. I look forward to spending more time on the forum and until then, happy fishing to you. I have not downloaded the salmon pic yet but thought I would include a pic of a trout I caught 2 years ago on one of my early flies.

Welcome and thanks for sharing