An Incredible Day Fly Fishing for Smallmouth Bass

Folks …. Jeff here … I’m reaching out to any/all of you for a bit of help. I broke the 3rd section of my St Croix bank robber 7wt while on this trip. I’m looking for a replacement bank robber in 6 or 7 wt! Or …. third section of a bank robber 6 or 7 weight rod. Any help is appreciated!
I started fly fishing at age 14, I am a young 62 … so, that is a few years of casting for about every type of freshwater fish there is. To date … this video and these three hours of fly fishing for smallmouth bass on the St Croix might have been the best fly fishing day of my life. Truth is that I had to leave many, many fish on the cutting room floor to keep it below 25 minutes.

As momma said, there’d be days like this and for sure this was one of those days. At my put-in I rowed back upstream for about 100 foot to see if I could catch a big smallie that had evaded me on prior trips; as you will see … this time I was the victor. At nearly 19 inches it was the fish of the day … although there were a few others that were also in the ‘very nice’ range.

The highlight of the day came for me as I used my popper to land 7 nice smallmouths in succession. That is right …. one after the other. What an incredible pool and who knows how many fish may have been lurking nearby!

I hope you enjoy this awesome action and can find your way north at some point to enjoy the beauty and serenity of the north woods of Wisconsin. Remember to leave your questions and comments below and I will do my best to get back to you with an accurate answer.


Share This Post with Your Friends ... You May Also Like These Topics...

Low Water Fly Fishing Tactics for Smallmouth

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 […]

A Lazy Day for Smallmouth and Pike On The Fly

Another day on the upper St Croix River and another great adventure for my good friend Duane and myself. The air was cool and there was some rain in and around us … barometer was falling and the fish were biting, especially a few big pike and smallmouth bass. What a complete treasure to have […]

Up Close and Personal: One Of My Best Smallmouth Days Ever!

Another awesome day on the St Croix River … lots of smallmouth bass and several over 16 inches with the largest coming in a tad over 20 inches. Every once in a while all the stars align as they did on this day and the fish are up and eager to eat one of my […]

The Highs and Lows of Fly Fishing

If you have watched any of my videos then you probably have seen the bible verse at the end slide of each video, Gal 6:9. There are a few versions but the one I stuck on as a kid is as follows: Let us not get tired in doing what is right, for after a […]

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Disclosure: Some of the links on FlyFishingWithJeff.com are affiliate links and if you go through them to make a purchase we will earn a commission. For example: As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Keep in mind that we link to these companies and their products because of their quality and not because of the commission we receive from your purchases. The decision is yours, and whether or not you decide to buy something is completely up to you. Should you have any questions, comments or concerns or wish to ask a question prior to purchasing and product or service mentioned on this web site, you can contact us directly by e-mail at flyfishingwithjeff@gmail.com.