If your addiction wants to hit the buffet then I suggest the South Fork of the Flambeau River or as I like to call it, my backyard. River is up 1-2 feet in past few days so I am jumping in the kayak tomorrow and head up or down stream, not sure. I have had days where I landed 50 smallies between 1/2lb and 2lbs and lost just as many.
I am on the opposite end of the learning curve, living here with all these Smallies has made me want to finally truly learn fly fishing. I have some old gear that was old when I bought it in a garage sale in 1983!
You will love my redneck fly fishing system. I take a fluke rig, not a lot of flounder in Wisconsin, put a Yamamoto twin tail grub on it and cast it with a heavy spinning rig. The fluke rig is heavy enough test to handle a pike or musky but the "fly" sinks slowly around sunken timber. Doing this all summer is what convinced me bass and pike on a fly would be fun. I hooked a fish on one of these that I guess was 20-30lbs. I wanted it to be a Musky but I am pretty sure it was a catfish or sturgeon. It pulled my kayak upstream right into a deadfall and eventually the 8lb test line on my rod broke. That is when I decided the redneck fly worked but needed a heavier rig to cast it. Before the big fish now known as Godzuki, that same day I caught 7 Smallies between 16" and 20" and 3 Pike between 3 and 5lbs all on the redneck fly.
This week we may see a rematch if I go back down stream.
Would love to fish up there. My brother in law actually just gave me a rod that I plan on rigging up for Pike and Musky. Something about seeing a wave chasing your fly before the take has me wanting to get into some Pike.
Nothing wrong with "old" gear, any gear is better then none. Since I got back into fly fishing from a 15 year hiatus, I have sold all my regular spin tackle. Anyway, when you catch "Godzuki" please post pics.