June fly fishing on the mountain trout streams and the smallmouth bass streams can be very exciting. The Little Yellow Stoneflies and Sulphur hatches are heavy this month. The mountain streams are getting a little lower and the trout will become wary. This means I resort to a stealthy approach and a slack line cast. I enjoy sitting at the lower end of long pools to watch the little yellow stonefly emerge and drift down the pool. Sometimes I don’t even cast but just watch them fly to a close by shrub.
The density of the sulphurs at dusk is exciting. Often on long pools I’ve seen 10-12 trout on their own feeding station sipping in duns and spinners as they drift by. By using a Pop Strike you can easily release the trout to swim away freely without spooking the other trout. My favorite flies for this month are the Murray’s Little Yellow Stonefly Dry size 16 and Murray’s Sulphur Dry size 16.
Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing
The bass will start to take our hard surface bugs this month. They often show a definite preference in the bug they will take depending on the action we impart to it. The different actions are governed by the shape of the bugs body and the cut of its face. Watch my video on the Shenandoah Popper Series or listen to the rest of my podcast on how to fish these.
As you can see, June is a wonderful time to fly fish for native brook trout and smallmouth bass.
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