I loved the discussion of trout fishing vs smallmouth bass fishing. Being a native Floridian I had a different experience. I got so much crap for throwing a 4 or 5 wt in any canal I could find because if you weren't throwing a 10 wt for snook or tarpon you were crazy. I feel sorry for those that have never fought a big Mayan cichlid on a 5wt. You guys should do a short bus trip down here. I'll show you some of my favorite spots for sure.
I found and catch smallies on the fly in the sierra mountains in a couple lakes . These lakes are at around 6500 ft. elevations they even freeze over in the winters for ice skating etc. I also use my canoe 🛶 alot in my travels from Texas , Idaho and California and it's real easy to stand up in to cast ....it's a 16 footer ....but yea for sure small mouth are the real athletes of the fresh water world 🌎. Thanks for the vids and pod cast ....cheers 🍺
46:00 You guys are dead on about the rewarding feeling of finding the river and the fish on your own. I found this random ass creek up near me and caught my first 18" brown on a dry. I had never caught a trout over 10, or a trout on a dry, but I did that shit on my own. That fish still gives me a rush thinking about it.
F ya f ya. Cooking that bad boy on the side of a mountain with a fresh green squash from your own garden. 2020 was epic. Never be another summer like it. Most of the sheep stayed home making traffic a gem. No rangers in the parks. Epic. No words.
Come to the upper peninsula of Michigan! To answer Steve’s question, the up hasn’t been taken over by Wisconsin, because those cheeseheads suck! But if you want some lots of public land, with lots of rivers hit the up! Adam might have to wade a little more thou!
I fish poppers to large mouth feeding like rising trout on my local pond... it couldn't be more fun. I live outside of NYC in the suburbs Westchester County.
Another suggestion on finding fishy water - the local game and fish dept is usually pretty good at giving information about which bodies of water hold which fish.
Thanks for all the info fellas!!! Just started chasing smallies on the fly, I also just ordered several blue line flies!! But come on now..... stop dissing my Ozark streams 😂 shoot me a DM on IG next time you guys come to MO, we have some “thirsty” streams!!!
Haha we were just dissing the one spot we went to. We didn’t get to fish any of the JUICE so we know it’s there’s some bad ass spots down there. Glad you enjoyed the episode, though!
Awesome episode. As someone who was raised fishing bass before trout, this is great. Thoughts on bass fishing with floating line? What use cases is it best for and what are the best ways to make up for not having a sink tip outside of fly weight?
Floating line is great for poppers and shallow streamers mid summer. I have put weight and poly leaders on floating lines to "get down" but I feel like the floating line causes the fly to surface on retrieve or the swing. If $ is issue, check out bozan fly for cheap sink tips.
I’m having a hard time deciding on sink tip line. I wanna go with airflo but do I go Streamer Max Short or SuperFlo Sink Tip and then within those, there’s Slow, Mid & Fast densities to choose and then 3,6 or 12ft tip to choose. I fish 1’-6’ deep rivers. Any help fine tuning my selection would be appreciated.
Great conversation!! I was hoping you could tell the name of the fly that was mentioned when talking about 'If you could only fish one fly the the rest of your life'. Thank you in advance. Keep up the videos, great stuff.
I love these videos for fishing and videography insight. Adam and Steve plus bryant are the best dudes to talk about this.
Fun bunch of fly flingers, good pod!
I loved the discussion of trout fishing vs smallmouth bass fishing. Being a native Floridian I had a different experience. I got so much crap for throwing a 4 or 5 wt in any canal I could find because if you weren't throwing a 10 wt for snook or tarpon you were crazy. I feel sorry for those that have never fought a big Mayan cichlid on a 5wt. You guys should do a short bus trip down here. I'll show you some of my favorite spots for sure.
I found and catch smallies on the fly in the sierra mountains in a couple lakes . These lakes are at around 6500 ft. elevations they even freeze over in the winters for ice skating etc. I also use my canoe 🛶 alot in my travels from Texas , Idaho and California and it's real easy to stand up in to cast ....it's a 16 footer ....but yea for sure small mouth are the real athletes of the fresh water world 🌎. Thanks for the vids and pod cast ....cheers 🍺
So true about the fight. I have caught a ton of small mouth and say "whoah big fish on" only to pull in a couple pounder. Great talk
So can we get some kind of “I’ll see you in the gravel bar” merch on wild fly shop? 😂
hmmm...we might have to arrange that
@@WildFlyPodcast I just bought some of the new shirts so maybe give it a month so I can build up some more fun-money 😂
Would totally cop that😂
I’m glad you’ve answered my question and including Bryant in the showdown hierarchy 😂!
Videos are great! One of the best rivers for smallmouth in the southeast runs right through pigeon forge and seveirville in east tn.
Awesome episode. Lots of good info! Keep it up
Glad you enjoyed it!
46:00 You guys are dead on about the rewarding feeling of finding the river and the fish on your own. I found this random ass creek up near me and caught my first 18" brown on a dry. I had never caught a trout over 10, or a trout on a dry, but I did that shit on my own. That fish still gives me a rush thinking about it.
That’s what it’s all about, man!
F ya f ya. Cooking that bad boy on the side of a mountain with a fresh green squash from your own garden. 2020 was epic. Never be another summer like it. Most of the sheep stayed home making traffic a gem. No rangers in the parks. Epic. No words.
I’ve been wanting this video so bad. Such an awesome channel and podcast. You guys are the best!
Daaam what a asseome podcast🤗🔥🔥
Come to the upper peninsula of Michigan! To answer Steve’s question, the up hasn’t been taken over by Wisconsin, because those cheeseheads suck! But if you want some lots of public land, with lots of rivers hit the up! Adam might have to wade a little more thou!
Don't even have to go that far. Flint River is best smallmouth fishery in the State. The water fiasco gave it a bad rap but truly #itsnottheriver
Awesome video, I live in Middle Tn, we have some great fishing opportunities for all species. Thanks for all you guys are doing.
I fish poppers to large mouth feeding like rising trout on my local pond... it couldn't be more fun. I live outside of NYC in the suburbs Westchester County.
Brilliant Pid cast Boys Bloody Loved it from Pauly at Wilderness Coast on Fly in Australia 🇦🇺👍
Another suggestion on finding fishy water - the local game and fish dept is usually pretty good at giving information about which bodies of water hold which fish.
Absolutely!
Sick dudes! Love this content
Thanks for all the info fellas!!! Just started chasing smallies on the fly, I also just ordered several blue line flies!! But come on now..... stop dissing my Ozark streams 😂 shoot me a DM on IG next time you guys come to MO, we have some “thirsty” streams!!!
Haha we were just dissing the one spot we went to. We didn’t get to fish any of the JUICE so we know it’s there’s some bad ass spots down there. Glad you enjoyed the episode, though!
@@WildFlyPodcast haha I knew you all were kidding around. I should thank you downplay them all you want 😂😂!! Tight lines!!
Audios good. Pic quality for me was only up to 360p but love these podcasts either way
Working on that right now 🙌🏻
"I thinkkk... I think a boogle bug." "I.. I'll see you on the gravel bar..." lmaooo XD 1:54:30
Minute 46 Experience:
“Whatcha gettin em on”.
“Skill and Experience”.
I believe the question about musky was mine, but im not 100% positive…
Also black and chartreuse is my favorite color combo to throw for Esox!
Hey if you boys are trying to get on some rock bass you can come to NH, there’s a pandemic in NH and they’re decimating the game fish populations
I believe y’all would love bass fishing at San Rayburn here in Texas. I would definitely help y’all set that up me and my dad fish it a lot
Come fishing Michigan, let’s get you on the Huron. 👀
Awesome episode. As someone who was raised fishing bass before trout, this is great. Thoughts on bass fishing with floating line? What use cases is it best for and what are the best ways to make up for not having a sink tip outside of fly weight?
Floating line is great for poppers and shallow streamers mid summer. I have put weight and poly leaders on floating lines to "get down" but I feel like the floating line causes the fly to surface on retrieve or the swing. If $ is issue, check out bozan fly for cheap sink tips.
I’m having a hard time deciding on sink tip line. I wanna go with airflo but do I go Streamer Max Short or SuperFlo Sink Tip and then within those, there’s Slow, Mid & Fast densities to choose and then 3,6 or 12ft tip to choose. I fish 1’-6’ deep rivers. Any help fine tuning my selection would be appreciated.
When are the meemaw and Madison sculpin gonna be back on the store?
Great conversation!!
I was hoping you could tell the name of the fly that was mentioned when talking about
'If you could only fish one fly the the rest of your life'. Thank you in advance.
Keep up the videos, great stuff.
It’s the “cooter brown” that’s available on www.bluelineflies.com
Are we going to see some of this TN footage in upcoming episodes?
Oh yeah
Appreciate your point that ALL fish can and should be caught on fly, but.... you guys have heard of Bob Clouser and Lefty Kreh, right?
Lefty Kreh said that if you tied a brook trout to a smallmouth bass, tail to tail, smallmouth bass would tow the scales right off off the trout. .
Lots of talk about how smallmouth fight. You guys would get a kick out of freshwater stripers
Floating streamer deal= FSD
Steve is pretty cringe