Hair Jigs for river Smallies have had some luck up here in Idaho! Jimmy D makes some great ones! also like Kalins jigs!

1 hour ago, SK Fishing said:

Hair Jigs for river Smallies have had some luck up here in Idaho! Jimmy D makes some great ones! also like Kalins jigs!

Hair jigs are extremely up. On the list for me. I use finesee jigs quite a bit they have worked pretty well for me so far. Something abour fur/hair jigs has as much appeal to me as it does the fish 

Hands down if I could only use one crankbait to fish the river it would be a Bandit in craw or silver minnow. 

 

Allen 

Bandit square bills that run six-feet on 8 pound fluorocarbon.

 

Use clip or snap to connect to crankbait's eye.

 

Sexy Shad color.

 

On baitcaster or spinning rig, your choice.

 

Check for knicks, cuts and line damage plus check your knot after each fish and if not catching anything about each 15 to 20 casts.

 

Bandit as they are less expensive than other crankbaits.

 

Second choice are Rapala Shad Raps on spinning rig with 8 pound fluorocarbon.

 

Don't forget your needle nose pliers.

SPRO Rock Crawler.  

3 hours ago, TOXIC said:

SPRO Rock Crawler.  

I really like how those look, but I fish from shore a lot, so it's not always good to fish a deep(ish) diver. I'm pretty intrigued by the new RKcrawler MD in the 4-8 foot range. That's right about what I fish. 

There's a great stream lure that's designed for trout fishing but is a killer Smallmouth lure in streams.

HD Trout by Dynamic Lures minnow bait. It's about 2 1/4" and is a slow sinker but it bounces off of rocks great and catches everything.