I took my brother and nephew fly fishing for local smallmouth in Honeoye Outlet.  It ‘s a treat to fish w/ them, as they enjoy angling and are eager to catch fish.  We decided to wet wade and take turns at the most promising holes.  I rigged up one rod w/ a topwater deer hair slider and the other w/ a root beer crystal bugger.  At our first stop, Alex easily hooked several small bass.  This twelve year old mastered the strip/retrieve and soon hooked into a decent bass.  After half a dozen superb jumps and plenty of coaching from his excited Dad, Alex lipped a 15″ bronzeback.  Great to see the smile on his face w/ that nice fish.

We hopped our way downstream, catching crayfish and saving our casts for the deeper holes.  The smallmouth were not the same aggressive topwater feeders of a week ago, but we still managed to stick a few on the surface.  Plenty of bait still around (crayfish/minnows/chubs/suckers).  I managed to strip set on a strike and sent a small pike flying across the water.  This 10″ pike was all heart and no size!  Fun to cap the trip off w/ a tiny pike and to spend quality time with fellow family anglers.  Go take a kid fishing this Fall!