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Jeff

This is a good time of the year to go through your fly boxes and get your flies ready for your next trip.  [...]

Good bass fishing begins in mid April.  The streamers such as Murray’s Magnum Creek Chub size 4 and Murray’s Olive Marauder size 6 [...]

You are fishing a dry fly in a fast run and a large trout comes up, but just as you think he is [...]

Several weeks ago I discussed fishing a three nymph rig.  A good friend complains about getting fouled and twisted knotted leaders with a [...]

Big fish choose feeding stations that give them the greatest amount of food while expending the least amount of energy. One of the [...]

Murray’s Magnum Creek Chub Fishes Like the Real Thing!   When you are designing new streamers to tie on your own or you [...]

Earlier we discussed the methods to fish underwater flies when the natural Blue Wing Olive Mayfly nymphs become active.  This week let’s look [...]

The Beatis (Blue Wing Olive) mayfly nymphs approach full size and they are active in their preparation to hatch shortly.  There are two [...]

On heavily fished trout streams I often catch many large trout by fishing with what I call “changes of pace flies”.  These are [...]

At this time of the year the trout in the popular streams have received a great amount of pressure making them selective in [...]

If you or a friend is looking to start fly fishing and are not sure how, then consider one of our workshops.  Each [...]

Negative phototropism is a strong factor which influences the smallmouths feeding, especially in the summer and early fall.  Simply stated this means they [...]

The river crossing ledges on rivers produce some of the greatest feeding stations for large bass one can find.  This week we’ll look [...]

The Hexagenia Mayfly hatch brings on some of the most exciting smallmouth bass fishing one can find.  These duns hatch and the spinners [...]

Some days I find the smallmouth bass in the large pools feeding on minnows and I catch them on streamers.  Other days I [...]

The aquatic grass growth in smallmouth rivers can become very thick late in the season.  These areas provide food, cover and shade to [...]

Even in the summer keep a breathable raincoat in the back of your vest when fishing for bass.  Recently five of us used [...]

When smallmouth rivers get low and the large bass become wary I find that I catch more large bass if I wade upstream [...]

At this time of the year the trout in the popular streams have received a great amount of pressure making them selective in [...]

Recently we discussed the tactics of landing large trout in freestone streams and these points apply well in most situations.  However, when we [...]

Now that the smallmouth rivers are getting low and clear the large bass are becoming wary so I like to give myself any [...]

Strangely enough, ones chance to land that very large trout begins before the first cast is made.  You should be sure your hook [...]

We just received our new Scott Radian Fly Rods in the 4, 5, and 6 weight.  These rods have already received a lot [...]

When trout streams become low and clear the trout continue to feed but they are very wary.  These tactics help me catch them [...]

The late Charlie Brooks of West Yellowstone, Montana was a very close friend and the finest trout nymph fisherman I’ve ever know.  Once [...]

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Float Trips for Smallmouth Bass!  Floating rivers in a canoe, boat or kayak is a wonderful way to fish for smallmouth bass.  This [...]

Aquatic grassbeds provide smallmouth bass with food, cover and shade.  Thus you can see why I go out of my way to fish [...]

I start fishing the smallmouth rivers in March and continue until December.  In order to get success throughout this whole season I’ve found [...]

The soft hackle flies are some of the most versatile flies we have.  By expanding my Mr. Rapidan Soft Hackle Series from size [...]