Last Saturday we made the 500 mile drive to Fergus Falls to visit my Wife's family. My in-laws live on the Otter Tail River, which has a healthy smallmouth bass population.
Unfortunately, this is mostly a story of loss, and a lesson in gear selection. I have one fly rod in use, a five weight. I had a hard time casting Woolly Buggers and Clousers far enough for them to be effective, but when I could get my fly into the sweet spot, the fish in this river, even with a 4x tippet would usually break my line when I set the hook. I broke off 3 fish right away, and two other large fish threw the hook. Eventually I tied on a scud and landed a smaller smallmouth bass just for the sake of not getting skunked, but the fish was so small, I was too ashamed to take a picture.
Monday morning I was taken out on Hoot Lake in a boat for some early morning fishing. We were the only boat on the water, and we caught zero fish in the short time we were out.
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