Flysmallie

I'm not a big fan. I enjoyed some of his stuff in the past but it has ran it's course. But I think talent is in the eyes of the viewer/listener. Most people think Tom Hanks is great but I won't watch a movie with him in it anymore either. He sucks.

Hmmmm, seems you could say that about any actress or actor.

I think it's the most famous because people that don't have a clue always throw that fly out there as if to make themselves know what they are talking about. Whites? Yes. Salt? Yes. Smallmouth? Never even comes to mind. Maybe that's the reason that some people haven't had luck fly fishing for bass. They only use what's regurgitated to them over and over again.

Learn to skate a gurgler across the current. It isn't a big fish deal and the hookup ratio absolutely sucks, but you aren't going to have any more fun fishing than that.

His bank account says yes.

I grew up with a gear fishing fanatic dad and spent most of my younger years in a bass boat fishing tournaments. I didn't really start trying to fly fish until maybe 15 or 16 years ago. A few years ago I got the chance to fish with Trigg for smallmouth for a day and he really opened my eyes up to what could be done. We caught fish shallow that day and we also caught them deep. I also spend a lot of time fishing with @Harps and he uses a fly rod 99.99999% of the time and regularly catches the biggest of the day. I'm not trying to convince anyone that this is the way to fish for smallmouth, I just don't think everyone should turn up their nose to it when they really have no idea what can be done.

Yes. It's not the best option for deep water. But it works a lot deeper than you would think. I can drag something through some pretty deep stretches and catch fish. But where it really excels is casting to targets over and over again. So what if they are tight to wood, you can still get a "fly" in there. You have to forget everything that you think you know about flyfishing. These aren't trout. It's not for everybody but to me it's a hell of a lot more fun than conventional gear. Not that I don't have conventional gear in the boat with me at the same time. You also have to remember that this is a different way of fishing. If you are about the numbers and size, not that those are bad mindsets (I've been there), then it's probably not your game. But to say it can't be efficient is just incorrect.

A trip with Jeff Trigg would change your mind quickly.

I saw one on FB yesterday from up north that was 17 something but almost 5 lbs. I rarely have anything with me to measure a fish and it's even rarer when I actually do. I just smile when I catch one that makes me smile. I guess I'm getting lazy.

Or just learn to drive a boat.

It won't be the same as when it's flooded but you just have to know where to look.

Too bad all the fish have been moved to PB2. 😛 Besides, a flooded Stockton has been pretty amazing in the past. I'd have you come down but, 5 or 6 county, boats everywhere, sugar britches, yada, yada, yada,......................................

I like that. Down at the bottom, where there is no pic, some of the dates are wrong. I see August, September & October of 2019.

Again, that means a horribly designed phone. Sometimes referred to as the POS model. But turning that stuff off doesn’t change the way it “processes it”. That would be like saying the pitch of the prop is effecting the idle.

Oh it didn't bother me at all. It's just that when I buy things I want them to work like they are supposed to. Especially electronic things. If BT or wifi are interfering with my cell signal then there is a problem. Sounds like you have the 4 stroke Mercury phone.

Then you need a decent phone.

Keep '~~ with people that will kick the 'monkey dodo out of you and that's what you will get.

It doesn't

True. However I still don't wear one in a kayak or canoe most of the time. There are some fish out there. It's a nice place to fish from a kayak.

Another stupid post.

I think the marina was closed a day or two ago but they were open again the next day.

Wow. It's going to be a rough year for the marinas on the lake. However, I'm pretty excited. Stockton can be amazing when the water is up in the trees like that. Give it a week and I'm taking the kayak into some of those jungles.

Stop it. The Queen found me some low carb tortillas and I have made everything I can out of those. Cut some up the other night and baked them till they were crisp and made me some nachos.

Goals are good. In 85 I was a junior in high school and played defensive end at 265. Benched 320 and could outrun most wide receivers if I got stuck in that situation. MCL tears in both knees ended all that fun. Knee replacements in the near future.