Well I certainly had fun. It was slow to start but picked up around noon-time. Along with spotted and smallmouth bass, we also got into largemouth bass this time as we moved into some slower, warmer water further downstream than we had gone before. Don't know why but there were definitely a lot fewer fish following the flies than last time. Nevertheless, David hooked one on top with a crease fly and later caught a double (brought two fish in at the same time) on a two-fly dropper rig. 
David also caught a scrappy green sunfish in a classic, tiny little weed-infested warmwater cove.
I noticed a few caddis coming off the water and a few splashy rises, so that might explain why David starting picking up action as soon as he switched to nymphs, which they might have taken for caddis pupa. I soon thereafter switched to a black strymph (black ostrich herl tail, dubbing looped thick tapered body of black dubbing, and a brown hen feather at the head tied wet style) and started getting into action. I have no clue what they took the strymph to be, ha, except something buggy-looking. Before that, we were both fishing various leech patterns and I had fished an olive beadhead woolly bugger with limited success. Even though we didn't get into the big ones, it was still a great way to spend a day -- wet wading with a fly rod in a nice cool creek with great company. Thanks again for having me up David! 
-- Mike
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