The last month has proven hot and cold. Fluctuating water levels that flirt with the high side of ideal before bouncing up again, dropping water temps, and regular rain storms have kept the smallmouth fickle and mobile, but we've been on the river whenever possible, and clients who have kept positive and persevered have been rewarded with some nice fish, sometimes in the 11th hour. When the fishing has been on, fish have been taking topwater, readily, but with the variable we