Wary Bass

When you are fishing for smallmouth bass in low clear rivers it is often necessary to make long casts in order to prevent scaring the large bass. I find it very helpful to use streamlined flies. Excellent examples of underwater flies that cast smoothly are the Silver Outcast, Mr. Rapidan Streamer and Shenk’s White Streamer. Good surface flies that cast smoothly include the Tapply Deer Hair Bugs and Murray’s Shenandoah Hair Poppers.