In today’s video adventure I am once again back on the upper St Croix River with my good buddy, Duane. We do 3-4 miles of clear and low river water in search of big smallmouth and luckily along the way … we find a few!
On this day it was a trifecta of issues; low and clear water, winds that were blowing upstream at a high clip and plenty of weeds that were clogging up the river. To overcome these issues you have to be creative and think a bit outside the box as well as always trying to keep your profile at a minimum.
The real payoff is when you land a big smallmouth in clear, low water and even more explosive is when it happens via a big popper. I hope you can glean a few low water fly fishing tactics that might just help you out the next time you are faced with any or all of these precarious conditions.
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