Sounds like your doing alright to me. 14" - 16" fish are nice fish in almost anyones book, especially on the fly. Great job gausshawn! September is the my favorite month for smallies and you'll start seeing some bigger ones more often as the season goes on.
Thanks for the report.
Caught a 17 inch Northern near damn today. used a patter called "white" which i belive is given on this site as a fly tying article. basically it is a size 1 hook, with spun rabitt hair head encompasing barbell eyes and a rabbit strip body. Pretty exciting since it was the first fish i caught with a fly of my own making. Give it a try
It's always great to catch your first fish on your very own tied fly. Even all these years for me it's still a great feeling to catch fish on something you spent your own time tying at the vice. Plus you get to experiment and come up with own designs and patterns. Congrats HauntedbyWaters!
Tight lines.
