"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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I fish for smallies quite a bit after June. Dahlberg Divers on top and
Koch's Lampreys on the bottom. A Koch's Lamprey is a lead eyed bunny
leech with a band of red dubbing behind the eyes that supposedly
imitates the gills of the brook lamprey, a small lamprey native to
midwestern streams. I also use a lot of wooly buggers and some
clousers.


George, you live up in Merrill right? I've never heard of these lampreys in
the streams around here. Got any URLs leading to info on these? How about
that "Koch's Lamprey?"

Black/grizzly wooly buggers and chartreuse/white clousers work best for
me.(I just tied up some clousers with bead chain eyes, trying to make a few
lighter than the lead standard which sink too quick in shallow water.) A
few odd nymphs also work.