River Smallmouth From the Pontoon

Last outing was for river smallmouth, floating and fishing from my pontoon boat. I took along the whole arsenal. Baitcaster, ultra-lite spinning and of course the flyrod with a zillion flies. I even added some nice new crayfish patterns that I had tied up the night before. As things go I started out with a jig and twistertail and the fish wouldn't let me put it down. I missed a huge bass on a Zoom Fluke with the baitcaster. With results like this the flyrod didn't get exercised the way it should have. My buddy was doing okay with his flyrod crayfish but he wasn't hitting fish the way I was on the jig. So to make a long story short. I had my small tackle box full of Rapalas, cranks and spinnerbaits, a big carry bag of plastics and my usual arsenal of flies. I got all my fish on that one jig and twistertail. I keep telling myself that one of these days I'm going to go minimalist and fish out of my shirt pockets but it hasn't happened yet. You never know when you might need something that wouldn't fit in the shirt pocket.
Here's the first fish to grace my new landing net.

Yarn Flies

I enjoy fishing streamer type flies. For several years now I have incorporated various craft store yarns in my tying. They have been very effective. Some of the poorest quality "Dollar Store" yarns have great mobility in the water. Try it you might like it!