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 Post subject: Smallies!!!
PostPosted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:39 pm • # 1 
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Had to take care of some business at my lakehouse on Lake Wallenpaupack in PA today. After I got done I went down to the water to check things out. It wasn't noticeable from my house up the block, but on the water the wind was blowing hard plus light rain. This made the point unfishable so I went to a small cove, only to find it was still pretty windy. Had a 1/32 oz jighead and a 2" curly tail grub tied to 3# Sunline Troutist Area Meister and my TFO Signature 6' fly/spin rod. It was hard getting any distance in the wind with the light jigs. Right at the moment I literally said to myself "nothing is going to be biting in this kind of weather" there was a strong take, rod bent, drag peeled and the water's surface boiled. About 10 second into the fight the line snapped! Shucks, that was probably the one fish in range.

Thought about leaving but tied on another jig and curly tail grub and boy am I glad I did. After loosening my drag two clicks I went on to land four smallmouth bass, all in the 15" +/- range. Talk about fighters. Largemouth just can't compare. I gotta say, my UL spinning skills are improving quickly. Using tippet thin line that's accurately rated is much different than using mono with a similar advertised rating.

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 Post subject: Re: Smallies!!!
PostPosted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:50 pm • # 2 
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Nice small mouth, really nice. Good job landing them on light gear.


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 Post subject: Re: Smallies!!!
PostPosted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 6:53 am • # 3 
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Nice fish!


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 Post subject: Re: Smallies!!!
PostPosted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 7:39 am • # 4 
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Nice!


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 Post subject: Re: Smallies!!!
PostPosted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:04 am • # 5 
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awesome! smallies always put a smile on my face :)


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 Post subject: Re: Smallies!!!
PostPosted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:15 am • # 6 
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I bet that was fun. Wish we had more of those great fish around here.


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 Post subject: Re: Smallies!!!
PostPosted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 2:11 pm • # 7 
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Knotty,

Very healthy and huge small mouth bass.... Nice and you have some awesome fishing waters!

Enjoy and Be Safe!


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 Post subject: Re: Smallies!!!
PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:50 am • # 8 
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Nice fish!


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 Post subject: Re: Smallies!!!
PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 10:42 pm • # 9 
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Thanks everyone. The next day was overcast and calm. Seemingly perfect conditions yet many hours in the tin boat didn't produce much results.

First take was from a smallmouth but he broke me off and I don't know how. Had number of follows without hits. In an effort to get something I broke out a medium rod with 6# flouro and tied on a Shadrap. Landed a nice smallie but it was so easy to just muscle the fish in that I found no joy in the catch.

Then I switched the TFO back to a 3 wt fly rod and eventually boated a smallie in addition to a few sunfish and a pickerel. Much more fun.

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 Post subject: Re: Smallies!!!
PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:47 am • # 10 
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BOOM !


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 Post subject: Re: Smallies!!!
PostPosted: Thu May 11, 2017 10:34 pm • # 11 
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Love those brown bass.....


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