I went without flies, no time to tie any, thinking I could buy some--wrong! Seemingly no one fly fishes there. Even the big Cabela's store in Vermillion Bay had no fly fishing stuff. Long story short, after much successful Walleye fishing on Lake of the Woods, I managed to get someone to troll the shore line. I caught 2 Bass by casting REAL Leeches on a bare hook (yeah, they didn’t stay on too long)! Good fighters, but I was using a 9wt in case I hit a big Pike or Musky. Later, I fished Winnipeg river on foot, but w/ no real flies had to resort to a crank bait on spinning gear—lost one big Pike & had another follow my lure to my feet—that got my heart pumping. If I go back I’ll take tons of flies & maybe try some smaller lakes in the area. Weather was great though…