January News Blast
Hello , welcome to the January edition of our newsletter! We’re full into our winter season now which has us focused on walleye, muskie, and trout fishing. Walleye are already on the move and will begin staging to spawn in the next month or so. Moreover, February and March are excellent months to target both […]
December News Blast
Hello, welcome to the December edition of our newsletter! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. The snow is falling and the holidays are finally upon us. If you’re still looking for a gift for that special angler in your life, consider a prepaid trip with […]
November Newsletter
Hello, welcome to the November edition of our newsletter! November is a fantastic month to fish in the New River Valley! Our fall fishing season is now in full swing. With water temperatures dipping below 50 degrees last week, the smallmouth fishing has cooled off, but muskie action is heating up! The Smith River is […]
October Newsletter
Hello , welcome to the October edition of our newsletter! October is a fantastic month to fish in the New River Valley! Fall has officially arrived in the Blue Ridge and the foliage is brilliant. We are targeting trophy smallmouth and striped bass on streamers in the river, and have added muskie to the list […]
September Newsletter
Hello , welcome to the September edition of our newsletter! September on the upper New river is one of the best months of the year to target big fish. Not only are the smallies still looking up, but striped/hyrbrid bass migrate into the river from Claytor Lake as they begin their fall run. This beast […]
August News Blast
Hello, welcome to the August edition of our newsletter! Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been cutting and removing four water lines that had been deposited in the river on the upper New by Hurricane Helene between Buck Dam and Claytor Lake. We think that’s all of them! We’ve also been running some great […]
July News Blast
Summer has arrived and the topwater bite is full on! With the familiar hum of the annual cicadas getting louder every day, the smallie fishingis only going to get better! We still have some summer openings sodon’t wait, book now! Also, we have one spot left for our December bonefishing trip to EastEnd Lodge. Call […]
Welcome to the June edition of our newsletter!
Late spring/early summer is a great time to dry fly fish on any of the bountiful wild trout streams in Southwest Virginia. Our favorite fishery in June is the Smith River due to the prolific sulphur hatches that occur. The afternoon-evening hatch has been consistent for the past month or so. Look for fish to […]
Welcome to the May edition of our newsletter!
We’ve had a great run of pre-spawn fishing for trophy smallmouth bass during the past month, boating multiple citation-sized fish over 20″ and setting “Personal Bests” for lots of our clients! As the females begin moving to the beds, we will be giving them a rest and focusing on some of the great spring trout […]
Welcome to the April News Blast!
This time of year we have shots at big pre-spawn smallies like this one caught last week as well as monster striped bass like the one pictured below. Does it get any better than that? The striper run is on and should continue into early May. We landed this beauty last week on an 8 […]