Favorite smallmouth patterns?

[ColindaFlyguy 0]

One fly that i friend of mine ties is call the Foxy Red Clouser all versions of Clousers work great and so do top water The Gurgler fly work great river, ponds and streams.

 

here's link

 

 

 

Foxy Red Clouser

 

[tidewaterfly 0]

Matt B, those are good looking flies! I also like big deer hair dry flies. Primarily use them for stream Smallmouths. The Stone Nymph I posted previously is also my best Helgie pattern. I've tied it on longer shank hooks when I wanted a fly to imitate Hellgrammites.

 

I've posted these before, but here's some deer hair dry flies. These are all size 8 & 6 I believe, but like you, I've got no qualms about going bigger.

 

[bocast 0]

I fish an old fashioned wet fly for smallmouth with great results. It is a version of a silver invicta:

 

Gristhorpe's Champion

 

 

Hook: Orvis 76AR #8 or similar

Thread: Uni 8/0 dark brown

Tail: claret hackle fibers

Rib: medium silver wire UTC

Body: silver tinsel

Body hackle: palmered Metz#2 saddle Olive

Hackle: whiting claret American hackle hen

Beard: English blue jay or Whiting American hackle hen blue with black bars added by Prismacolor marker as a blue jay alternative

The first time I tried this on a hidden gem of a smallmouth stream, it caught me 21 good sized fish then ended up buried in a tree. The name is a reference to a bronze age warrior chieftain found ceremonially buried in a hollow tree in Gristhorpe. Photo deleted from my file, but I will post it when next I tie one. It is basically a silver invicta or silver knicker with minor changes, not too creative but effective.