Winnipesaukee
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The Winnipesaukee is New Hampshire's hometown smelt streamer in its single-hook dressing: a soft white wing over subtle bronze-pink herl accents, with a pale body and painted eye. Understated to the point of invisibility in the box—and exactly right in the clear, smelt-rich lakes it was named for.
Landlocked salmon in the Winnipesaukee system see real smelt by the thousand, and this pattern survives on accuracy: pale, translucent, slim. It fishes beautifully cast and stripped along shorelines at ice-out, swung through river mouths, or trolled when fish are scattered across open water.
Best for:
- Landlocked salmon and trout in clear smelt lakes
- Ice-out shoreline fishing and fall turnover
- Casting, swinging, or trolling pale baitfish water
📌 Pro Tip: At ice-out, fish it shallow and early—salmon cruise warm surface water along shorelines in the first weeks after the ice leaves, and a pale smelt pattern in the top three feet is the season's most reliable play.
