Last week brought about the annual 4th of July split trip between the St. Lawrence River and the Adirondacks. Fishing in July is not always optimal so we spent most of our time on the water wakeboarding, waterskiing, and tubing, but on the River we managed to bag smallmouth bass at the right times. In the Adirondacks, we again spent time within a stone’s throw of the Saranac River, and a short drive away from the Ausable, but like last year concentrated on smallmouth bass in the lakes. The idea of targeting bass with a fly rod while working the felled trees and glacial boulders on the shoreline from a john boat or canoe just better suits me. And nothing rocks house for its…