Want To Catch My First Smallmouth

[FishnDave]

19 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

If you are into fly-fishing at all, this is the perfect time of the year to plop and twitch big foam hoppers, especially if the water is incredibly clear.   You can move a smallmouth 25 feet to crush a grasshopper in clear water, just simply by plopping it down next to the bank.  

It's something that not very many people do, so if the fish have been hassled by fishermen all summer.....this will still get'em.

I need to learn some more from YOU!

[Al Agnew]

12 hours ago, top_dollar said:

How come?

Because I find fishing it unnecessary to catch all the fish I want to catch, and boring as heck.  Plus, I don't like to catch sunfish about half the time.  I don't fish to amass numbers of dinks with a few bigger ones thown in, I fish for the excitement of having a nice fish hit a lure when I can see all the action, or in the winter for the pure challenge of finding and catching big fish.  I tried Ned rigs, didn't catch any more nice fish on them than on my usual lures, and didn't enjoy fishing them.

[Gavin]

How did FW get $50 dollars? 😃

[ColdWaterFshr]

23 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

If you are into fly-fishing at all, this is the perfect time of the year to plop and twitch big foam hoppers, especially if the water is incredibly clear.   You can move a smallmouth 25 feet to crush a grasshopper in clear water, just simply by plopping it down next to the bank.  

It's something that not very many people do, so if the fish have been hassled by fishermen all summer.....this will still get'em.

Yeah . . . I see things are good at Fort Wrench.  Using a Uly and a wine cork as props for your fly pictures.  Mercury repair biz must be good.

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

Yeah . . . I see things are good at Fort Wrench.  Using a Uly and a wine cork as props for your fly pictures.  Mercury repair biz must be good.

Eh, that was just what I happened to have handy, for scale 😅 

How 'bout this labor day popper?  

It's my weekend "tournament winnings"  😎  

🔨

[top_dollar]

8 hours ago, Al Agnew said:

Because I find fishing it unnecessary to catch all the fish I want to catch, and boring as heck.  Plus, I don't like to catch sunfish about half the time.  I don't fish to amass numbers of dinks with a few bigger ones thown in, I fish for the excitement of having a nice fish hit a lure when I can see all the action, or in the winter for the pure challenge of finding and catching big fish.  I tried Ned rigs, didn't catch any more nice fish on them than on my usual lures, and didn't enjoy fishing them.

Fair enough. 

[Mitch f]

7 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Eh, that was just what I happened to have handy, for scale 😅 

How 'bout this labor day popper?  

It's my weekend "tournament winnings"  😎  

🔨

You know datz right!

[WannabeAngler]

Fortunately I didn’t say how large of one I wanted to catch. The monkey is off my back in the sense that I caught one on the Black River. So next is the learn more and catch bigger ones. Thanks for the encouragement. 
 

Hoping to get back out today and get more. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

19 minutes ago, WannabeAngler said:

Fortunately I didn’t say how large of one I wanted to catch. The monkey is off my back in the sense that I caught one on the Black River. So next is the learn more and catch bigger ones. Thanks for the encouragement. 
 

Hoping to get back out today and get more. 

Touchdown!!!   Way to go.  

[snagged in outlet 3]

8 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Eh, that was just what I happened to have handy, for scale 😅 

How 'bout this labor day popper?  

It's my weekend "tournament winnings"  😎  

🔨

I love it!!!!😁