First Smallmouth of the Year

Caught 4.12.14

As you can see this guy fell to a Rapala F5 on ultralight spinning gear; he was the only fish of the day.  This guy was brazen enough to actually chase the Rapala, miss, and strike on the next cast.  These early season smallies are fickle, so spinning gear allowing you to cover a lot of water is your best bet.

Tungsten Beads From www.flysite.co.nz

My 3 mm tungsten beads arrived today from New Zealand, and I have to say, I'm impressed with the quality, the price, and the shipping.  It took less than a week for these beads to travel from NZ to PA, and the shipping was $0.  These PTs and Killer Bug Variants with a little tungsten from the Kiwi region should do the trick on some wild PA brownies, but I have to admit, I sure would like to be sight fishing them to some 10 pounders.