Harry’s View

I’ve seen rods broken because excessive force was used to take a rod apart when the ferrules were stuck. Try to prevent this [...]

Spotting the trout on their feeding stations and going one on one with them is great fun. To locate these trout look for [...]

1- Always land your fish as quickly as possible. 2- Lead him into your landing net. 3- Handle him very little. 4- Face [...]

“Swing Nymphing” is a great way to fish the deep runs on large trout streams and smallmouth rivers. Cast up and across the [...]

From July until fall you often see smallmouth bass jumping from the river to grab adult damselflies as they buzz across the surface [...]

Several years ago I did an extended study on the number of smallmouth bass I landed on barbless verses barbed flies….I landed 30 [...]

I’m constantly amazed how the hatches of mayflies coincide with the wildflowers in the spring. For example, when the dogwood is in bloom [...]

“Don’t overlook the olives; just don’t overlook the little olvies.” This was the advice of the late Vince Marinaro as we discussed the [...]

As Labor Day quickly brings yet another great summer to a proverbial close… I think I will Go Fishing! The crowded rivers of [...]

When you feel a bump as you fish your nymph or streamer deeply it could be the largest fish of the season. True, [...]

Frequently large trout in heavily fished streams refuse one’s dry fly because it is not drifting naturally on the surface. Mixed currents pull [...]

Some fine smallmouth rivers have large populations of rock bass, sunfish and smallmouth bass. It is definitely possible to catch one of each [...]

You’re fishing a heavy trico or pseudocleon hatch and you’ve done pretty well with size 24 flies by matching the hatch. However, some [...]

One of the worst problems that can confront a fly fisherman on a two week long fishing trip to a distant location is [...]

Many large smallmouth bass quickly grab a real dying minnow struggling on the surface of the river. I’ve had great success mimicking this [...]

When you hook a large trout on a spring trout get downstream from him as quickly as possible and reel in all of [...]

Trout are always wary of strange movements over the stream. From the time they were finglings they learned to flee from snakes and [...]

If you are floating down the South Fork of the Shenandoah River and see this sign you may want to alter your route; [...]

You have a large smallmouth bass swirl under your surface bug but he refuses to take it. Can you cast it back to [...]

Check out our Fishing Report Podcast: Listen to the August 4, 2008 Smallmouth Bass Fishing Report here or the August 4, 2008 Trout [...]

When smallmouth rivers get low and clear late in the summer the largest fish often want a streamer fished very slowly along the [...]

When your leader gets twisted while your fishing it results from using a leader with a tippet which is too long or too [...]

When mountain trout streams get low late in the season the trout become very wary and we scare many of them in the [...]

Taking s spill in the river when you’re wading can easily happen. If you wear prescription eyeglasses it is quite possible these can [...]

When you are fishing small mountain regular felt sole wading shoes and boots are safer than felts with metal studs. The metal studs [...]

Mending the fly line upstream is a great way to help achieve good depth with your streamers and nymphs. Just remember to pick [...]

When fishing streamers across stream you will easily feel most of your strikes. However, as the fly swings down and across stream the [...]

When the mountain trout streams get low late in the summer the trout become very wary and one can easily spook them before [...]

Often when you fight a smallmouth bass you’ll see a second one following close behind him. If your fishing partner is close by [...]

Smallmouth bass often hold along the banks 20 feet back under tree limbs that hang down to within 6 inches of the river. [...]

When fishing a dry fly if the leader is pulled only an inch below the surface it can cause the fly to drag [...]

Many large smallmouth bass living in rivers don’t move far from home if this area provides adequate food, good cover and spawning areas. [...]

Ok, this video has nothing to do with fishing except for the fact that the only thing Gracie Lou, one of our Brittany’s, [...]

You have a trout come up and inspect your March Brown Dry fly but refuse it. You show him a Light Cahill but [...]

Fishing for trout you spot on feeding stations and reading the water in smallmouth rivers in order to fish the best water will [...]

Just a reminder that the Shenandoah Riverkeeper Rodeo is Saturday July 19, 2008. If you don’t have a ticket yet, give Jeff Kelble [...]

If you hit a smallmouth river before sunset you will probably catch more large bass by fishing the shady side of the river. [...]

My guide, the late Ray Hurley, and I headed up the Yellowstone River leaving my wife to fish a nice riffle corner. Ray [...]

When you find an area of a stream that always holds good fish mark it so you can accurately find it on the [...]

If you have trouble with your needle knot on your line to leader connection sliding smoothly through your tip top coat it with [...]

If you have trouble with your dry flies landing on the flat pools in your trout stream with too much disturbance try aiming [...]

Some of the finest smallmouth fishing one can hope for can be found in the tails of the pools the last hour of [...]

My alarm clock buzzing at the odd hour (for me) of 3:30 am must mean Smallmouth Bass season and warm weather are here. [...]