Many of you ask me how late in the season I fish for bass. My honest answer is that I keep going until [...]

Speaking of fishing discolored water as we were on the 13th, Vince Marinaro told me that he always caught more trout on dark [...]

When I started fishing the Yellowstone River in the seventies one of my angling heroes always went fishing when it was raining. He [...]

To all of our Veterans and those currently serving our great country, may God Bless each of you and your families. Thank you, [...]

When you feel that quick “bump” as you are stripping a streamer in a stream holding browns get ready. Frequently this is a [...]

When wading down a river and fishing streamers it is wise to stop wading when you are stripping it in. Otherwise it is [...]

The water temperatures on the Shenandoah River are dipping somewhere south of 50 degrees but the Smallmouth Bass are willing to eat if [...]

The beatis is a wonderful hatch and many large trout feed on them. The Beatis mayflies are hatching now in our rich trout [...]

Knowing large bass want a big mouthful, Harry likes to use large flies. Big bass hunting at this time of the year prompts [...]

Jeff Murray enjoys fishing midges all across the country. There are three steps I use when fishing size 24 midges which help me [...]

Check your leader and fly knots regularly to be ready for that large bass. Since this is a great time of the year [...]

The author catches many large bass on his Magnum Creek Chub in October. Fish the Murray’s Magnum Creek Chub size 4 in the [...]

A gentle “slip strike” will save you many large trout as Jeff Murray shows In order to hook those midge feeding trout with [...]

Big Bass Like the Shade When all of the other factors in a river are equal the largest smallmouths in the river will [...]

The largest trout will always hold on the best feeding station If you have a friend who is just getting into trout fishing [...]

When you are floating a river while bass fishing you have a good chance to catch some large bass. In order to land [...]

For the past hour’s smallmouth flyfishing you just haven’t gotten the action you expected. You feel you need to change something but what? [...]

Saturday evening after I closed the fly shop, I fished the North Fork of the Shenandoah River and had excellent action. In one [...]

By this time of the season many terrestrial insects, especially the grasshoppers and crickets, are quite large and the large trout feed heavily [...]

As the trout streams get low late in the season we know the trout become very wary. There is a natural tendency for [...]

September can provide some of the finest trout fishing of the whole year. The streams start cooling, there are good midge hatches, there [...]

From the middle of September to the middle of October the huge Hexagenia mayflies hatch on the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. [...]

Much of the natural food which is available to the trout at this time of the year is quite small. We talk about [...]

Here are four steps I use in order to improve the percentage of hooked trout when using size 22 and size 24 dry [...]

At this time of the year many large smallmouth feed at night. Here are some tactics which will help you. 1. Select a [...]

Frequently a down and across stream presentation will give you a very natural drift with size 24 Tricos and pseudeocleons. However, a conventional [...]

At this time of the year the trout do not feed well in the warm water in Freestone Streams. Frequently you can catch [...]

Would you like to catch your largest smallmouth bass of the season on your next trip? A simple but very effective tactic is [...]

When one is fishing dry flies in the small 18 to 24 sizes it is often very difficult to discern why the trout [...]

The smallmouth bass rivers are now low and the bass are very wary. However, they still need to feed. This opens the door [...]