Fly fishing Minnesota smallmouth bass on the St. Louis River using a Clouser Minnow.
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Good God! Those ... ( 1 year ago by dbarroga)

Good God! Those smallies are more explosive than the large mouths we got here in Texas.

With pontoons you ... ( 1 year ago by mnflyfishing)

With pontoons you can control the boat with fins attached to your feet, while you use two hands to fly fish. Most pontoons give you easy out & in access. Find a shallow spot, move off the seat & stand up, right in the middle of the boat, fish, then get back on the seat to keep going. Canoes are much more streamlined for traveling distance. Toons are much more stable when standing. Trolling motors can be attached to both.

Thanks for the info ... ( 1 year ago by showmetheinuyasha)

Thanks for the info. I own a canoe but never got to use it yet. I should get a pontoon also just in case I am bored with the canoe

I have that same ... ( 1 year ago by 5hundie)

I have that same boat. I love it, because it works great as a big one man boat or a small lite two man boat.

I am a avid fly ... ( 1 year ago by tillamookice)

I am a avid fly fisherman and the technique that he used to catch the bass takes to much time to do. He was reeling up the slack when you can just keep pulling line. Its easier and takes way less time. But good video

Great video. ( 1 year ago by NCbassfishing24)

Great video.

Thanks for the good ... ( 1 year ago by mnflyfishing)

Thanks for the good nod on the video. The boat has a open floor design, factor in strong winds and fast current....going to reel prevented the slack line from getting caught & tangled on the boat & $75 fly line getting chewed up by the motor. Not much walking room on the boat :) A stripping basket was useless this day.

Oh, I didn't know ... ( 1 year ago by tillamookice)

Oh, I didn't know there was a motor. My bad. Yeah the technique that you used was the best then. Thanks and again good video

please answer- im ... ( 10 months ago by elementskater48)

please answer- im looking to get into fly fishing for smallmouth and brook trout, but what i dont understand about it is what to do after you have casted your fly into the water. do you let it sit, or is there more technique to it?

i am gonna get a ... ( 10 months ago by videogameplayer08)

i am gonna get a fly rod and reel from the 1950`s

wait do you mean ... ( 9 months ago by SaginawRiverFishing)

wait do you mean the fishing line was 75 dollars!?

great vid, what ... ( 9 months ago by kwndgg)

great vid, what size clouser were you using?

haha one time i ... ( 8 months ago by amazingdisster)

haha one time i dropped my pole and my hook went in the water and i caught a smallmouth it was funny

what is a clouser ... ( 7 months ago by SuperMasterfisherman)

what is a clouser minnow?

what weight of rod ... ( 6 months ago by HunterFisher00)

what weight of rod r u using?

@HunterFisher00 I ... ( 6 months ago by mnflyfishing)

@HunterFisher00 I was using a fast action 5wt and 6wt, both Scott S3's. The 5wt was used the most though.

@kwndgg The clouser ... ( 6 months ago by mnflyfishing)

@kwndgg The clouser minnows that I use normally for smallmouth has a Gamakatsu b10s stinger size 2 hook. Sticky sharp hooks It's about 3" long.

@ ... ( 6 months ago by mnflyfishing)

@SaginawRiverFishing You can get fly line from $25 to over $100 dollars. The RIO fly line I was using was about $75. If you keep up the maintenance on the fly line, they last for quite a few years, unless you run them thru a motor prop :)

@elementskater48 ... ( 6 months ago by mnflyfishing)

@elementskater48 Let it sit is one technique, . But with streamer fishing, usually your doing the strip pause, strip pause. Sometimes the fish want fast strips, sometimes slow. Let the fish tell you what they want. Different flies require different techniques. ie Poppers use a quick strip to make the popping noise.

what do you mean ... ( 5 months ago by layschips11)

what do you mean you were using a 5wt fly rod, what is that?

one thing i dont ... ( 5 months ago by thatbastardson)

one thing i dont get about fly fishing. say you have alot of line on the ground, from stripping it, and a fish hits. do you let the fish take all that line out, and then start reel back in?

Array ( 5 months ago by alterchristopher)

@thatbastardson no you just hand line it in

some people when ... ( 5 months ago by hataketori)

some people when the fly fish and the line is all over the ground they let the fish take line and then reel or some people when the fish hit they will like reel in the extra line in quick depending on what kind of fish it is

These are the kind ... ( 3 months ago by epistte)

These are the kind of days when you hit so many fish that it gets boring and you start to look for a species that is more of a challenge. I love trout fishing but catching river smallmouth of a fly might be better.