Land More Fish
Several years ago I did an extended study on the number of smallmouth bass I landed on barbless verses barbed flies….I landed 30
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Hatches & Wildflowers
I’m constantly amazed how the hatches of mayflies coincide with the wildflowers in the spring. For example, when the dogwood is in bloom
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Olvies
“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
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End of Summer – Go Fishing
As Labor Day quickly brings yet another great summer to a proverbial close… I think I will Go Fishing! The crowded rivers of
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Fly Fishing Report 8/29/08
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Water Temperature on Small Feeders
The water temperature of mountain trout streams is very important to the feeding habits of the trout. Early in the spring and late
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Fish or Rock
When you feel a bump as you fish your nymph or streamer deeply it could be the largest fish of the season. True,
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Quick Bass Strike
A bass takes your surface bug the instant it lands on the river. This is great, but what is it telling you that
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Shenandoah Valley Fishing Report with Harry
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It is Hopper Time for Smallmouth Bass
By August the natural grasshoppers are large enough to attract smallmouth bass. Fish a hopper pattern tight to the banks where you see
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Natural Drift
Frequently large trout in heavily fished streams refuse one’s dry fly because it is not drifting naturally on the surface. Mixed currents pull
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Three Great Fish
Some fine smallmouth rivers have large populations of rock bass, sunfish and smallmouth bass. It is definitely possible to catch one of each
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Trick the Hatch Feeders
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
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Harry’s Fly Fishing Podcast 8/16/2008
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Strong Arm
One of the worst problems that can confront a fly fisherman on a two week long fishing trip to a distant location is
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Dying Minnows
Many large smallmouth bass quickly grab a real dying minnow struggling on the surface of the river. I’ve had great success mimicking this
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Fighting a Large Trout on a Grass Filled Spring Creek
When you hook a large trout on a spring trout get downstream from him as quickly as possible and reel in all of
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Flashing Fly Lines Can Scare Trout
Trout are always wary of strange movements over the stream. From the time they were finglings they learned to flee from snakes and
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Shenandoah River Sign
If you are floating down the South Fork of the Shenandoah River and see this sign you may want to alter your route;
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Pound up a Smallmouth Bass?
You have a large smallmouth bass swirl under your surface bug but he refuses to take it. Can you cast it back to
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Fishing Report Podcast with Harry
Check out our Fishing Report Podcast: Listen to the August 4, 2008 Smallmouth Bass Fishing Report here or the August 4, 2008 Trout
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Slow Retrieve for Bass
When smallmouth rivers get low and clear late in the summer the largest fish often want a streamer fished very slowly along the
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Twisted Leader
When your leader gets twisted while your fishing it results from using a leader with a tippet which is too long or too
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Wary Mountain Trout
When mountain trout streams get low late in the season the trout become very wary and we scare many of them in the
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Lost Eyeglasses
Taking s spill in the river when you’re wading can easily happen. If you wear prescription eyeglasses it is quite possible these can
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Felt Soles on Small Mountain Streams
When you are fishing small mountain regular felt sole wading shoes and boots are safer than felts with metal studs. The metal studs
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Mending & Strike Detection
Mending the fly line upstream is a great way to help achieve good depth with your streamers and nymphs. Just remember to pick
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Thunderstorm Guide Trip Special
The North Fork is in great shape to float with Waterskippers since the rains received this past week. We will offer guide trips
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Fine Tuning Streamer Strike Detection
When fishing streamers across stream you will easily feel most of your strikes. However, as the fly swings down and across stream the
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High Gradient Trout Streams
When the mountain trout streams get low late in the summer the trout become very wary and one can easily spook them before
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Cast ot the Second Bass
Often when you fight a smallmouth bass you’ll see a second one following close behind him. If your fishing partner is close by
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Natural Dry Fly Drift
When fishing a dry fly if the leader is pulled only an inch below the surface it can cause the fly to drag
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Smallmouth Movement
Many large smallmouth bass living in rivers don’t move far from home if this area provides adequate food, good cover and spawning areas.
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Raspberry Eating Brittany
Ok, this video has nothing to do with fishing except for the fact that the only thing Gracie Lou, one of our Brittany’s,
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Fly Silhouette
You have a trout come up and inspect your March Brown Dry fly but refuse it. You show him a Light Cahill but
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Read the Stream & Spot the Fish
Fishing for trout you spot on feeding stations and reading the water in smallmouth rivers in order to fish the best water will
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Shenandoah Riverkeeper Rodeo
Just a reminder that the Shenandoah Riverkeeper Rodeo is Saturday July 19, 2008. If you don’t have a ticket yet, give Jeff Kelble
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Shady Side of The River
If you hit a smallmouth river before sunset you will probably catch more large bass by fishing the shady side of the river.
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The Right Flies
My guide, the late Ray Hurley, and I headed up the Yellowstone River leaving my wife to fish a nice riffle corner. Ray
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Mark That Hot Spot
When you find an area of a stream that always holds good fish mark it so you can accurately find it on the
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Smooth Knots
If you have trouble with your needle knot on your line to leader connection sliding smoothly through your tip top coat it with
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Gentle Delivery
If you have trouble with your dry flies landing on the flat pools in your trout stream with too much disturbance try aiming
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Fast Bass Action
Some of the finest smallmouth fishing one can hope for can be found in the tails of the pools the last hour of
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Just how early?
My alarm clock buzzing at the odd hour (for me) of 3:30 am must mean Smallmouth Bass season and warm weather are here.
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Bug Pick Up
Prevent that noisy surface bug pick up that can scare wary bass. Point your rod tip at the bug and start the bug
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Wary Bass
When the smallmouth rivers get low and clear the large bass get wary. Don’t spook them by standing up in your boat and
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Free a Fly
If you hang a fly on an underwater rock as you are fishing across and downstream the current can help you free it.
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