Smallmouth Bass are one of my favorite species for sport fishing on the fly in New Brunswick. I have caught them up to 4 pounds but only a couple of times. I usually max out in the two, two and a half pound area but I don’t mind because they all think their 4 pounds.
Smallies a blast whether your using a baitcaster, spinning rod or Fly rod. My personal preference has to be using my Fly rod for smallies. I do keep my spinning rod available for those days that the wind is taking the fun out of fly fishing.
I have mentioned a little hot spot for smallmouth bass that I go to when it’s too windy and it also makes a great place to learn how to fly fish as there are plenty of spots one can cast from without hooking up in a tree or a bush.
I have a little spot I go to when it just too windy elsewhere so I get to use my Fly rod here most days. I try to keep my favorite spots a bit hush hush and in the past 20 years or so I have only told two people where this spot actually is. One of those people is my son and I am sure he won’t tell any one.
The smallmouth bass in this spot only seem to grow to about 14 inches but what a day of fun you can have with light action gear.
Another reason I love this place so much is that it’s only about an hour from home and I am within about 15 minutes of trout fishing and pickerel fishing and even Atlantic salmon fishing. Can’t beat that with a stick.
These waters don’t require you to fish using a fly rod like a few other places I fish so those that are just learning can go back and forth between a spinning rod and the fly rod.
Come and go fishing with me, as long as you don’t mind wearing a blindfold while getting there. 
April 21st, 2008 at 10:12 pm
We have a lake nearby that they say is the best in the country for spotted bass. Are they close to a smallmouth bass, Jim?
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:33 am
I have watched fishing shows where they catch spotted bass. From what I have seen our smallmouth bass get a bit bigger and then seem to never stop fighting and jumping.
We have stripped bass here, like so many other places, but I have never fished for them yet. I guess they get up to 50 pounds or so. That would pull your arm right off.