tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19230293545293479122024-02-21T09:30:50.463-08:00The Elliot Lake Flyfishing Blog.Brian Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214273012079366910noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923029354529347912.post-29412347756198631592018-04-22T08:57:00.002-07:002018-04-22T08:57:54.319-07:00Yearly Hatch Chart Repost: Grand and Credit Rivers.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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mayfly that comes off the water in the dark. So the numbers I actually see on the water are minimal. Also, we don't see any of the massive blanket hatches that hexes are famous for on other waters. More likely I'll be clued into them by the fish. First off, the bass become reluctant to take other offerings. I will also see increased surface activity as the fish starting hitting duns and emergers.<br />
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Towards dusk, I can often count on some good topwater action on flies designed for this time of year. Usually Hex duns and emergers. This year I introduced an new pattern to this mix. It's a variant of my GFC in yellow, and appropriately sized. So far it has done very well.<br />
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<br />Brian Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214273012079366910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923029354529347912.post-92102652743632173122017-07-19T22:12:00.003-07:002017-07-21T13:00:52.940-07:00Tie it, Try it: The Clouser.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7HAGULcVkpQdOWKgAfb0gLFX_JRF5hz1VlMnIsJOtP9x9u1gdtXaner3oqabFU97MwapxYBjFBtIVFNXdF4rWsM9buykOaivsRM0zq47C_BtBu3bn7kcO-fEXLMrCrpmV2P0u5eIjfo/s1600/GOPR3911.MP4.Still001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7HAGULcVkpQdOWKgAfb0gLFX_JRF5hz1VlMnIsJOtP9x9u1gdtXaner3oqabFU97MwapxYBjFBtIVFNXdF4rWsM9buykOaivsRM0zq47C_BtBu3bn7kcO-fEXLMrCrpmV2P0u5eIjfo/s320/GOPR3911.MP4.Still001.jpg" width="320" /></a>A little bit of a spot light on the Clouser Minnow. If you fish for smallmouth, this fly should be in your arsenal.<br />
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What I did was tie one up, take it from the vise and tied it on the line, then took it out and fished it.<br />
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The colours I use on my flies are Red ( or orange ) over yellow, with a few strands of red crystal flash. Most of my ties are sizes 2 - 4.<br />
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Some video footage from the other night. Exemplifies the lakes issue with juvenile bass. I do not see this type of ratio on other lakes. Far. far less juveniles on those. A bigger fish closes out the clip. A Clouser minnow did all the damage on this night. The large fish took me way longer to land than usual. Not sure what was up with that. You can see in the video that I'm not being easy on him. You can also see he's not being easy on me, fighting hard right till the end.</div>
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<br />Brian Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214273012079366910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923029354529347912.post-75828749975372057462017-07-10T19:30:00.002-07:002017-07-10T19:59:55.870-07:00On Dunlop tonight.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tonight was a good night by Dunlop standards. Not only did I catch a lot of bass, but the there were some better fish in the mix, with one decent fish. The vast majority were caught on a floating line setup with a clouser. After a couple of hours though, it stopped producing, and I went to the full sink. This did get into fish, but notalotta.<br />
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Now, the one good thing about the juvenile population on Dunlop.................is that I have no more qualms about culling those fish than I do panfish. They should be culled. It's a good thing for the lake in general.<br />
<br />Brian Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214273012079366910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923029354529347912.post-67064140956424559172017-07-08T21:50:00.003-07:002017-07-10T12:44:31.865-07:00Everything happens for a reason.Apparently I have become a fair weather fisherman.<br />
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This spring was lousy for weather. It's only over the last little while that things have improved. The biggest issue for me has been the instability. I just haven't been able to get up the energy to fight the weather, so I am just picking my spots. Besides, its just so easy to avoid working for fish when I can just walk out to my backyard to play with whatever happens to be around.<br />
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rritated. I know better. I know that 2 or three times during the fight, a big bass will make a desperate dive. I know when they do this to give them line. I knew to do this on the first attempt. So why on earth during its second run didn't I let go of the handle???????? Fuuuuuuuuuck.<br />
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A couple of days later I was back to the site of the debacle with revenge on my mind. I was still smarting from losing that fish. A storm had just pushed over, but the temps stayed relatively stable, so I figured it was worth a shot. As it turns out, the revenge would not be mine.<br />
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Ostensibly, I was out for perch. However, Smallmouths are almost always caught during the pursuit of those. This day was no different. I did really well on perch, going home with the a nice stringer for my effort. The #4 Wooly Bugger I was throwing for them was big enough to keep the smaller specimens off, and I had some decent fish. Picked up some bass too. But that's not the real story of the night. That story was about "Everything happening for a reason."<br />
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Brian Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214273012079366910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923029354529347912.post-833092607489888982017-06-09T16:38:00.004-07:002017-06-09T16:38:52.188-07:00Fishing my Backyard.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Video shot in my backyard. Not the best fishing, but there are fish.</div>
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This has been the worst year for bugs since I moved here. A long, cold, wet spring has seen the biting little buggers, both black flies and mosquitoes, around for longer, and in greater numbers. Almost all my fishing has been done from the cove in my backyard. I just wade out, and cast. I can get chased out of the water pretty fast, so I am reticent to take the time to get the pontoon rigged, if I'll be heading back moments later.<br />
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It is not my number one destination. The fishing is not great. But, there are fish. I can usually count on a couple of bass, and always some Rockies. The best thing about it is obviously the proximity and ease of access. I can decide to do some casting and be on the water in a minute.<br />
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I have never fished it in the morning. I'm going to have to give that a try as I figure there maybe a good shot at something decent.<br />
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<br />Brian Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214273012079366910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923029354529347912.post-11751498109457945262017-06-06T16:12:00.001-07:002017-06-06T19:00:55.630-07:00Pics<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Its been a relatively cold start to the spring. I gave it a try tonight to check things out on my home lake. <br />
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The surface temp varied between 48-51. Warm enough for me to at least get an hour of fishing in before I headed back.<br />
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I tried a floating line at various points, hoping for maybe a lake trout, but in the end, the only fish I took was on a full sink, moved very slowly. I'm one of those dull day, dull fly. Bright Day, bright fly people. The fish was caught on a smaller sized Mickey Finn. Mickey Finn's always seem to be good to me in the early season.<br />
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If you are familiar with this blog, you will have noticed I fish a full sink line often in my smallie hunting. There are many days this is the only way I will get into fish. This is especially true since I moved up north from Southern Ontario. A cold front moves in, and I am either going deep or I may as well stay home. And who wants to stay home.</div>
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Until recently, I've kind of felt like a lone voice in the wilderness. The usual advice on lines is that you only need a floater and intermediate sink. I have a few books which echo each other on the subject. However, over the winter the New Fly Fisher posted a few video's that were shot in my neck of the woods. On at least two of those vid's, they talked about using full sinking lines.<br />
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I know at least one of the hosts lives in this relative area, and they certainly film a lot of shows up here. So, it's not really that surprising. Still, it's nice to hear someone else saying it for once. Much better than the usual naysaying that happens when I mention it's a good idea to have a full sink on hand.<br />
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Worth mentioning, my fishing for Smallmouth mostly happens on lakes. Not sure whether its needed at all for river fishing. At least, I can't recall being on a river, fishing smallies, and wishing I had a FS instead of what I was chucking.<br />
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It was mentioned in one of the vids that they found that 70% of the time a floater or a intermediate would do. I would think I fish a sinking line at least 30% of the time. Probably more. If you were to look through my pics and vids, you'd notice a lot of fish caught on the full sink. A lot of big fish.<br />
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<br />Brian Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214273012079366910noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923029354529347912.post-77732794349960122442017-02-17T10:13:00.001-08:002017-02-17T10:14:21.021-08:00Hex'd<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Had some stuff from the summer I finally ended up editing. I've come to realize, that if Hexes are around, you may want to fish them or you may have some tough fishing. Nothing of size caught on tape. But the numbers........................ Insane.</div>
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<br />Brian Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214273012079366910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923029354529347912.post-14209069698850867702016-08-17T10:34:00.002-07:002017-04-06T13:13:38.626-07:00Weather......or not.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCS1NYu3uXXw_IR-haCGynUH7SmCTomyPoP6WvA8hE0Hic2WI4rpBYFqlaSeKQ7jrAD_7GtIDasJzUPxsaJF16fNkciTko5EeGluOE_0cBpK5aKihXlGtPKGHvBP4C-rsUkYf4-svJRGU/s1600/GOPR3314.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCS1NYu3uXXw_IR-haCGynUH7SmCTomyPoP6WvA8hE0Hic2WI4rpBYFqlaSeKQ7jrAD_7GtIDasJzUPxsaJF16fNkciTko5EeGluOE_0cBpK5aKihXlGtPKGHvBP4C-rsUkYf4-svJRGU/s320/GOPR3314.JPG" width="320" /></a>The weather has been a little problematic lately, but I've still been getting out for a bit on most days. Last night saw some really nice angling as dusk approached. The first time in a while that the fish where more than eager to suck up topwater offerings. A floating damsel fly nymph did very well.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfYsp4weFfekgm5SsXtKiHMz6S-VwI3wjndyONmoJHGT_SlMjKF6EjEaG6G80kjeHVwP9eqv_dahhMgoUt69w7J1Fad7Ye8xqWohQyKom44xny22f-fD3x26idI3BKdVgLHyfkbv4DEs/s1600/Hexnymphppattern.MP4.Still001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfYsp4weFfekgm5SsXtKiHMz6S-VwI3wjndyONmoJHGT_SlMjKF6EjEaG6G80kjeHVwP9eqv_dahhMgoUt69w7J1Fad7Ye8xqWohQyKom44xny22f-fD3x26idI3BKdVgLHyfkbv4DEs/s320/Hexnymphppattern.MP4.Still001.jpg" width="320" /></a>I carry two rods on my outings. One floating line, one sinking. For the past couple of weeks, I'm not sure that I have changed flies. A hex nymph on the sink, and a floating damsel on the floater. I haven't had too many reasons to change up. Not sure if this is a good thing, or bad. My hex has been chewed up thoroughly though. The fish have done enough damage to the dubbing that it now appears to have a trailing shuck.Brian Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214273012079366910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923029354529347912.post-81796387133325332022016-08-15T10:17:00.000-07:002016-08-15T10:17:00.882-07:00Hex,<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Brian Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214273012079366910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923029354529347912.post-58185899511206935442016-08-10T20:58:00.003-07:002016-08-13T13:45:34.964-07:00Working on a hotfix.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, after a spell of great fishing, you can understand my consternation when for no apparent reason, the fish shutdown on me. This can happen for various reasons. I knew it wasn't the weather, as that had been stable for some time. Where I had been hitting fish deep, they no longer seemed interested. The shallows didn't have anything better for me. So what's up?<br />
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I knew the fish were there. I was trying to work out in my head a solution to my difficulties when a solution came in sight. Literally. I was getting a glass of water late at night, looked out the kitchen window, and saw a Hex sitting there..............and I wondered. Is that it? Are the fish on Hex's? I remembered an article where the author related a tale from his youth where his father and uncle ( bait fisherman ) complained about how bad the fishing was when these were hatching. As a fly fisherman, the author of course found the exact opposite when fishing an imitation of the Hex's.<br />
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So the next night I had a few Hex Duns for trial. More or less. By that I mean I tied some Half and Half's...........a hybrid Mayfly/Caddis deal. Not the resounding success I was hoping for. I did move some fish........but not enough to be satisfied. I wasn't finished though. I knew before I even tried the duns I was far better of fishing the nymph. Hex's come off after dark. Some do come of during the light sporadically, and that keeps some fish looking up. The nymph however would be much more accessible to the bass.<br />
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I tied up a really basic impression and tried it the next night. It was an instant success. I started hitting fish as soon as I started and it continued that way for most of the night. May have been the greatest number of bass I have ever caught. I was nailing fish in anywhere from 6-22' of water. I never changed the fly I started with. No reason to. It was producing, despite the fact it got turned into an unrecognizable mess.<br />
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More of a thrill than the fish, was just figuring them out. I love that S#!T! It is very satisfying to have ones efforts rewarded.<br />
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Needless to say, I am anticipating my next outing. Probably even tie up some half way decent nymph's.<br />
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<br />Brian Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214273012079366910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923029354529347912.post-8781144548136141252016-08-09T11:06:00.003-07:002016-08-09T11:06:57.827-07:00More on top.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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If you've been following this blog long enough you will know..........I like big fish. Thats usually what I fish for. They are what I hunt. However, this isn't through snobbery, or disdain for smaller fish/species. One of the other things I've mentioned throughout this blog is that it's got to be easy. That is, due to my health issues, I have to try and find the best possible fishing, with the least amount of effort. For the record, not putting out the effort is hardly the recommended course of action. Effort is often rewarded in this sport. However, my circumstances require a somewhat different approach.<br />
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I prefer catching to fishing. Over the past couple of evenings, despite some effort, I couldn't find any pigs to play with. There was other games to be had. Specifically, smaller bass have been feeding on top in the evenings. One night witnessed a tremendous hatch ( which I didn't identify ), with all sorts of fish breaking the surface, taking emergers. The other nights have been very sporadic surface activity, though the fish would still respond to a caddis or stimulator. I have been catching a lot of fish on the 3 wt and its been a lot of fun.<br />
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We have an insane amount of caddis up here. They're are also a ton of bugs I am not familiar with. Mayflies? Well, working on that. Saw my first Hex on the lake I live on. That was cool, but I'm not sure in the numbers that will come off. Not sure any exact identification is needed as far as fishing goes. The fish respond well well to anything small, and floaty. I've thrown a number of different flies that are very different, but produce very much the same results. I prefer throwing caddis. The resulting takes ( and hook sets )are exactly like you'd expect with trout. A nice throwback as I haven't done that kind of fishing in a few years now.Brian Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214273012079366910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923029354529347912.post-65400726369895406252016-08-05T19:09:00.001-07:002016-08-06T20:40:12.470-07:00Vid Clip.Haven't been shooting a lot of video lately.........though I did take the camera out for a few days this week. The trend continues of having to fish deep for good fish. As much as I would like to be throwing my floater, it's just not getting the job done at the moment. I've taken good fish at almost 40'.<br />
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<br />Brian Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214273012079366910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923029354529347912.post-2000662849229506572016-08-03T19:08:00.000-07:002016-08-03T19:52:55.211-07:00Down Deep.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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So, last time I talked about talking a note from the Bassmaster pro's in regards to fighting bass. There is more they can show us about flyfishing for bass.<br />
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Conventional writing on the subject tends to tell us that when fishing for bass with a fly, it can mostly be done on a floating line. There are occasions when they note an intermediate sink might be required if the fish are 'deep'. Deep being 20' according to some authors. For the most part, they may be right. However, if you've watched the guys on TV gearing fish.........there are times when the are pulling fish out of weeds more than 20'. Substantially more.<br />
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I can tell you from my own experience, there are days that have been saved by dragging the bottom. The fish in the last post was caught in close to 30' of water that way. The fish in this post was caught the next day in the same spot. Often. I will use a fly with some buoyancy ( GFC, Muddler, etc......) to keep it suspended off the bottom, and hopefully away from snagging up on rocks or weeds.<br />
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Now, I'm not trying to sell you a full sink. Just trying to offer a bit of perspective. Just because a technique may not be popular, does not mean its not effective. I do not carry intermediate sinks anymore. For myself I find I am much better suited with a floating and full sink rig. Mind you, this choice is also affected greatly by the lakes and conditions I encounter. Other anglers experience may dictate they never fish anything other than a floater. Mileage varies by driver. You can be guaranteed that the guy fishing largemouth in Texa's encounters a different experience to the fisherman in Northern Ontario.<br />
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<br />Brian Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214273012079366910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923029354529347912.post-42578069448896904162016-08-02T20:07:00.000-07:002016-08-02T22:05:15.760-07:00Fightin' words.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Bass are not trout. I say this because I have seen many fly fisherman who don't adapt their game to match the species. Specifically I want to talk about how to fight bass. I'll tell you now, you are far better off emulating the Bassmaster pro's than you are some flyfishing T.V. hosts.<br />
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With trout, we often fish light tippets. With large fish on light tippets, there are all sorts of ways to pooch it up. A 20+" fish on 6x is going keep an angler on there toes. Too much pressure your poing to pop the leader, to little and the fish will take forever to tire. Got to find that happy medium.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLMC_81sd56OZQzeyOIOfHUkx0o5vMBY9yIuwxTl49x52tZN7SWDmWSISabzarqjUwZ1iKpEpM4E3w4e-u9h_duunxI1xlPZhPDYz4VZM-GMPzgZR2cpIdPDWs469Mli-RgsFDzNqL3U/s1600/IMG_0039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLMC_81sd56OZQzeyOIOfHUkx0o5vMBY9yIuwxTl49x52tZN7SWDmWSISabzarqjUwZ1iKpEpM4E3w4e-u9h_duunxI1xlPZhPDYz4VZM-GMPzgZR2cpIdPDWs469Mli-RgsFDzNqL3U/s320/IMG_0039.jpg" width="320" /></a>Bass? Well, we're not talking light tippets are we? My standard rigging is 10lb monofilament. No tippet material needed. No way on earth is any smallmouth going to break that..................assuming it has been nicked. Even the largest bass can be absolutely manhandled. The only time your going to want to let it tire is when you get it by the boat. Then all your going to do is basically hold it in place. It will try to dive, and you may have to feed it a couple of feet of line, but I do this as I'm more concerned about my rod tip than I am the leader.<br />
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Beat the crap out of those fish! Don't ever let a bass dictate the fight to you. You beat the drum. On of the best pieces of advice I received from a fellow angler was from my buddy Pete. he told me " If your scared of losing a big fish, your never going to land one." Although he was talking about big browns at the time, this advice has always held true.Brian Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214273012079366910noreply@blogger.com0