VERN-O 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 I'm headed to a favorite steelhead river to do some summertime smallie fishing.....anyone want to throw out a must have fly? (recipes or pics helpful) (never fished this river before during the summer)......I hear it's loaded with smallies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dble Haul 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 There's really only one fly that you need for river smallmouth: a clouser minnow sized to match the prevalent bait. Of course you can also use wooly buggers, leeches, topwater, etc., but day in and day out you'll do just as well or better with a clouser. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VERN-O 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 lots of fallfish around.....sounds like black and silver to me....thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spider4 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 To any crawfish pattern in Oilve or black will work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flykid 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2007 Sparkle grub. Size 8 char. marabou tail red dumbell eyes char. estaz body. This is my go to fly especially for summer river smallies. They can't resist it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted August 17, 2007 Clousers and craws do the trick most of the time. Add a white minnow (Shenk's. Zonker, etc;), a helgrammite of some sort, and a a few dry flies/Sneaky Pete's and you've got all you really need for smallmouth anywhere. 'Course, we never STOP there! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
day5 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2007 If I could have just one fly.....Circus peanut crawl it, swim it, jig it, it is one sweet fly :headbang: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sagittarius62 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2007 I carry two must haves for smallie fishing here in northern NY. Harry Murray's Strymph in olive and black, and Clousers in black/chartreuse/white. In fact, other than a few other occasional patterns, that is about all I use. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiggleminnow 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2007 When smallmouth are feeding they will hit about anything.., I found that color is more important than the actual pattern.. Try a Todds Wiggle Minnow.., Deadly smallmouth pattern. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites