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conradbotes 01 October 2014 2

Tips for Big Smallies #8. Strike Indicator

Smallies can eat and spit a fly so fast, that most bites go undetected, especially when fishing the pre-spawn. After I started using a

conradbotes 19 August 2014

One of my favorite times to target smallies is after good rain has fallen in your smallmouth catchment and the velocity of the flow rates

conradbotes 17 July 2014 3

Go where the wild things are Spring is just more than a month away, and if you are keen to target some serious river smallmouth,

conradbotes 09 July 2014 5

Micropterus Dolomieui, bronzebacks, smallies, call them what you may; I love fishing for smallmouth bass. Why? The first thing that comes to mind is

conradbotes 24 June 2014 1

Most fly anglers in Cape Town consider winter to be a quiet time of the year. Not me. Winter equals the start of the bass