We had a ton of rain here in Indiana in January, but the water has now come down in February and the water temps have gotten into the 40's. Smallmouth have been hammering the Exo Skin Clawdad fly, especially the Frog Skin color. Most of the smallmouth have been caught in deeper water around rocks and in and around eddies. The fish will start moving towards their spawning areas once our water temps get up to 50 degrees plus, and when they do they will start eating top water flies and will eat the Matlacha Minnow very well too. Carp were eating the Pink Pollywog fly really well in December, I love this fly, the foam on the tail makes the tail stand straight up off the bottom and wiggle and it screams eat me, the non-foam tail version works great too! I like to use the drag and drop method with this fly leading the fish about a foot or two and just let the fly sit and don't move it. White Bass will start running in April once the water temps get to the low to mid 50's to make their annual spawning run. They absolutely love Pink Carpduster flies, and a charteuse Matlacha Minnow.
Tight Lines,
Carp Stalker