Eaglecreek fly bum

They will hit crawlers but so does everything else.Ive caught my biggest smallies on minnows and hellgramites and where you fish they have plenty of both.I second the hardshells craws,you’ll catch every drum in the hole.Do you mind naming the creek you fish,ive fished every decent sized creek from brush to little Miami and several in Kentucky.

Ohio guy your not far from me.My buddy’s haven’t been doing very well the last month.what I do is wade the streams in the start of summer and mark where I feel the cool springs.I also look for holes that have shade and current.They are not necessarily the big holes but the ones with the right conditions. The other eve I caught around 15 using my fly rod on a black woolly bugger.3 of em were around 2lbs.(best I had in a while)