I dabble with the long pole mainly for trout in the winter, but my first time fishing fir river smallmouth i landed a 19.25" smallie and id have to say it was the best day of fishing ever to date. I just use a 9ft 4 weight bps pole and it does what i need it to do, ive ordered flys from www.flydeal.com they are reasonable and quick to ship, you dont have to spend a lot to flyfish.

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