As a new fly fishermen who loves trout and bass I find smallies on fly to be great fun. David and I fished Lake Thompson in the VA foothills this fall and managed to get a few dozen green sunfish. Tied a wholly bugger and continued to get hammered by the greenies--then this little guy smashed it. He doesn't look like much but he made some great runs that bent my 5 weight. This fish was significant for me. Not the first smallie I have gotten on fly, but he was scrappy enough for me to plan chasing smallies on the upper Potomac into my spring. I am looking forward to the day David graduates from green sunfish and bags a smallie.
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