The North Fork of the Shenandoah is starting to drop back to fishable levels, but they are still carrying a great amount of water. I’m really getting cabin-fever so here are two ploys I use to help me beat the high water levels.
1. I head upstream to get above as many feeder streams as possible. For example, from where my fly shop is in Edinburg by driving upstream 10 mile I can fish the North Fork of the Shenandoah River in a manageable water level because I have gotten upstream above 3 of the main feeder streams.
2. The second tactic I use is to go to sectons of the river where I know there are islands which split the flow of the stream. Frequently I’ll get great fishing on the small side of the island when the large side still has too much water.
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