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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.

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.

I live a little east of there packfancjh, and so far this year I've caught less smallies than the past 10 years. I'm not sure why, and I have tried every go to fly in my box, even tied some new patterns. On the other hand, i have caught a ton of crappie-weird. Never in this section of the river before. I also caught a huge catfish on a clouser. Took me to the backing, and bent my 6 wgt tip to the water. I eventually landed it, but it swallowed the fly. I often wondered how much the river bottom changes over the years, and if this has a large effect on the smallies, or just because the river has been running high lately. Any guess?