Greetings to all. I hope our fine finned friends are treating everyone well. I am new to the forum. I have been lately fly fishing on the north branch of the root for smallies. I have released a hand full in the 6-12in range and wondering if there are better places to try. My focus has been between Chatfield and down stream to Hwy 52 crossing. I wade-fish 95% of the time. If anyone would like to input on locations to wade for smallies I would greatly appreciate it. In addition to, last week I was fishing the lower S. fork of the Whitewater R. and released 15 nice browns within about 45min. 4 were in the 5-6in range (excluded from the 15), 7 were in 8-10.5in range, 5 were in the 12-13 in range, and the last three measure 13.5, 15.25, and with a 19in pig toping them off. I was using BWO (14 quill body,16 comparadun), Lt. Cahill w/ lt. yellow butt (12), my wulff hex (8) (cross between a white wulff and hex dry fly), Dk. brown X-caddis (16), muddler variant (3X shank, up turn eye, 8-14) trailed by orange bh scud (14). All these patterns produced a take. Some of the takes I won and some of the take they won. That is the scoop for now.
Always Watching The River Flow...
A friend and I were out last night for smallies: http://ontheflyguiding.com/todays_photos.htm We landed two very nice smallies and actually broke off alarger one. The big fish are there, but the 6-12 inchers are way more abundant.
D.A.
http://ontheflyguiding.com/todays_photos.htm
Smallmouth fishing has been phenominal in the bluff country for several weeks.
