After a year long hiatus (we hear he left to hike the AT and was side-tracked by a hippie girl along the way) the Fly of the Month is back....with a vengeance.
Officially summer starts this month.....and, to me, that means 2 things--Smallmouth and Night Fishing (along with cold beer so make that 3 things.) I have a huge passion for smallmouth and to be honest, if trout didn't get to be so BIG I would hardly fish for them compared to smallmouth. I was never much of a lake fisherman but all fisherman have heard of the deadly "Jig and Pig" combo...and that is exactly what the June fly of the month represents--in fly form.
The June, 2010 fly of the month.....The Grim Reaper
When I fish for smallmouth I am throwing one of 2 things 90% of the time, a topwater popper of some kind or a craw-type imitation. The Grim Reaper has everything I look for in a bottom-crawling-creature.....flared rubber skirt, plump body, heavy head.
Fish on!
