Virginia offers excellent fly fishing for both trout and smallmouth bass. Part 1- Trout The cool mountain streams flowing from the Blue Ridge [...]

You can get some great trout fishing at this time of the year if you can keep your tackle from freezing.  Each year [...]

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 [...]

Many years ago a chemical company admitted they had been dumping mercury into a feeder of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River.  [...]

When I started tying my own dry flies we did not have the nice high quality domestic dry capes we have now.  However, [...]

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 [...]

The soft hackle flies that are so great for trout are also very effective for bass.  However, we need larger soft hackle flies [...]

When the smallmouth bass are holding in the deep runs and are providing great action with streamers fished right along the stream bottom.  [...]

The late Charlie Brooks was one of my angling heroes and I really enjoyed fishing with him.  Brooks was only interested in catching [...]

As we prepared to fish a little Pennsylvania Spring Creek Vince Marinaro looked me straight in the eye and strongly encouraged, “Don’t overlook [...]

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

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

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

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 [...]

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

Last week we discussed fishing streamers around the river crossing ledges in many smallmouth rivers.  This week we’ll look at the way I [...]

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 [...]

In order to get natural drifts with small trout flies it helps to use fine leaders.  I regularly use 6X, 7X and even [...]

Yesterday when I was trout fishing my Shenk’s Cricket got caught on a tree limb on my back cast.  As I unhooked it [...]

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 [...]

On large streams you can often catch several large trout in the corner of a pool on streamers before you wade into it  [...]

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

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 [...]