[jad2t]

I think Saturday early in the morning I'm gonna head there with the yak and target smallies. Lately I've explored it and found a couple areas to fish and found some smallies but they're all small and that water isn't deep enough to hold larger fish nor deep enough to kayak, just wade. How far out West do I have to go to find what I want? Also is the Harpeth a fast flowing river where it's deeper? I want to put in somewhere and paddle upstream a mile or so, fishing as I do this, and then float back. Is this going to me a major hassle? I know I can paddle and stop along the way in many spots, park the yak and wade to fish a hole I come up to.

I know there are 20+" smallies in this river and if I caught one, well that would be awesome but really I'd just like to get into some 12+" inchers since I'll be strictly flyfishing and trout magnet/crappie magnet fishing with 2lb test. Should make for a fun battle!


PS - If anyone here hasn't used trout/crappie mags yet, please try them. They're just incredible once you get the hang of it. I never use a float, only twitching. Last night I waded into a skinny part of the Harpeth using only bison trout magnets and caught 50+ fish in just over an hour. Mostly panfish with 2 smallies and a LM bass thrown in. No size to speak of but that's only because that water had nothing but small fish. They do catch larger fish, many of us have done it.