Smallie Madness!

Could not resist the draw of the water tonight, so off to chase some smallies I went after work. Five minutes from my back door is a pretty solid stream and it did not disappoint tonight.

Mariano was chucking a pencil popper and had plenty of action. Here is is hooked up with his best fish of the night.

A chunky central Ohio smallmouth that taped out at just over 15" of mean.

I spent the night slow retrieving a Rattlesnake just under the surface and this was my best fish of the night. Hell of a nice bend in a slow 4WT!

As we were walking out I was surprised by a hell of a nice hatch coming off. We were parked in a lot that closes at dark otherwise I would have liked to have stuck around and seen if we could have banged out a few fish on dries. There is always next time...

-mike schmidt
www.anglerschoiceflies.com