Fly Fishing for Smallmouth Bass

Below are some of the best Smallmouth Flies for topwater and sub-surface action.

■Stonefly Bugger - size 6
■Franke Hellgrammite - size 4
■Clouser Minnow - size 6
■Clouser Deep Minnow - Size 6
■Gaines’ Sneaky Pete - size 4
■Crayfish - size 8
■Popper size 4 - 6
■Zonkers size 4 - 6
■Bead Head Woolly Bugger size 4-6
■Dragonfly size 4-6
■Foam Slider size 6
■Sculpin size 8
■Woolly Grubber Size 6 - The Wooly Grubber is a Woolly Bugger with a twister tail

The New River in West Virginia in One of the best Smallmouth rivers in the east. Most people think of Trout when talking about fly fishing, I personally think of a sunny afternoon in the New River Gorge landing poppers on eddie lines waiting for a big Smallie to crush it! For more info on fly fishing for Smallmouth in WV check out www.profishwv.com