I grew up fishing creeks in the Shenandoah Valley for stocked trout, as well as tying my own flies.

My buddy has me hooked on bass fishing now.  This was my first smallie ever, caught on the potomac with a pearl white 3/8 oz. swimbait, 2 days ago.

It's roughly 3"'s away from my 260 lb. body, I'd say roughly just over a pound, based on what I caught today after weighing them.

I'm hooked, he definitely put up a fight, my newbie self would compare it to a 3 pound largemouth I caught last week. 

Beautiful first smallie, congrats!  They are fantastic!

Once I started fishing for smallies on Missouri ozark streams/rivers, largemouths and resevior fishing of other species took a distant back seat immediately.

once they get bigger, you'll really be hooked!!

first time I hooked a 2 lb smallie (my first one) I thought I had a record largemouth lol.  boy, do they put up a fight!  Congrats on your first, and good luck in catching more.

Hope it's the 1st of hundreds! ;D