Nice smallie. I have always wanted to take my flyrod lakeside in the winter when the so called float-n-fly bite is on and fish a small bait fish pattern under an indicator. Most FnF people only fish 10-15ft deep anyways so you could get that deep on a leader then use a slip float so it pops free after the bite and slides down.
A fish like the one you caught would be great on a 5wt. A really big one would be a handfull. I'd be willing to bet up in Horse Creek you'd catch smallies and trout that way in winter.
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