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 At right is probably my biggest smallmouth so far, 21 inches from the Ole Mississippi in central Minnesota. If you want to consistently hook the big ones, it needn’t be by happenstance.
We invite you to participate in this venture. Please offer any advice via email. We will honestly regard your comments and incorporate them, if indicated, to better this project. Also, send us your stories about your experiences to share with others. Take some time to write them as best you can. Digital photos can be attached. Keep the file size small if you please (around 50 kb or less). Hi, I’m Brad Miller, I started FlyBass.com as an alternative to websites geared only to sell product with little information for the visitor. My primary business is BAMsites Web Marketing Strategies, an internet marketing firm specializing in websites that bring a return on investment, I understands the value of content oriented websites. With my increased appreciation for the internet, I figured a site all about fly fishing for smallmouth and other fish would be worthwhile. I’ve fished smallmouth for over thirty years on some of the most hallowed waters in the Midwest and Canada. Now I prefer fishing smaller, overlooked rivers common to my home range of north central Minnesota. My first love is fly fishing. After years of fishing in the Rockies for trout I finally realized the best, most hassle-free fly fishing was right outside my door on the warmer streams and rivers holding smallmouth bass and other great game fish.
I love smallmouth bass! I love everything about ‘em. I returned to this sport several years ago after spending many years chasing trout and saltwater species. I‘ve fished most of the major rivers in the western mountain states, the Caribbean, and south Florida. I truly enjoy the challenge and skill involved in enticing large trout on tiny flies in heavily fished waters. I get a major jolt from tarpon, there is no greater game fish on a fly, period. Bones and snook are great gamefish as well, and I love them too. But things have changed. Rocky Mountain Low Yes, fly fishing for trout: the Yuppie Sport of the New Millennium! The Bighorn River in Montana devolved (I think that’s a word, if not it should be) from the most awesome trout factory in the world in the ‘80s to an overfished river beaten to a pulp by nature, zealous fisherman and guides by 2000. What man creates, man destroys. Nature will have the final “say” on rivers like the Bighorn. I sincerely hope those great rivers come back. I’ll put my time in where I don’t have to get up at 4:30 a.m. to tie down a spot on a river I once walked aimlessly all day and fished anywhere. I know this sounds jaded, but it’s true. I believe our time on this earth is too valuable for combat fishing, combat golf or combat anything, for that matter. There, I feel better. Where was I? Oh yeah.... Saltwater Sensation: Saltwater fly fishing is without question some of the most exciting. Catching a 130 pound tarpon on a three inch fly is my greatest fly fishing accomplishment to date. And bonefishing is a sport that any fly fisherman should experience at least once in their life. But saltwater angling is getting prohibitively expensive. Last year at Boca Grande, southwest Florida, the average price for a full day with a fly guide was $550 to $600. You multiply that on a four day trip with airfare, rental car, lodging and food. So you’d better not tell your wife (or figure out a way to bring her)! In today’s crazed world we rekindle simple pleasures like canoeing and wading. Quiet stalking through bright waters supplants “pressure fishing” famous trout water. Quietly slipping down an undeveloped stretch of stream trumps gonzo bass boats and rock star fisherman. We treasure smallmouth rivers that offer simplicity, intimacy and excitement to a sport that has become far too complicated. Aiding the Cause Join Us As We Celebrate Fly Fishing for Bass. Better yet join your local Smallmouth Alliance or fly fishing club to help support bronzebacks everywhere. See you on the water! Best Regards, |
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