Are You Guilty Of the 5 Most Common Smallmouth Fly Fishing Mistakes? Here Are Quick Fixes for Better Float Fishing.
Mike Smith on the New River in Virginia. Fishing from rafts, drift boats, and skiffs has unique challenges. I know – I’ve been guiding from a raft for nearly two decades. During this time, I’ve found there are five common things that anglers floating for smallmouth consistently struggle with. 1. Too much false casting, not enough time […]
5 Easy Ways To Get the Most From Your Next Guided Fly Fishing Trip
Why Use a Fly Fishing Guide? Anglers may choose to use the services of a guide or outfitter for reasons that range from a desire to quickly and easily learn the local water, flies, and tactics that work best, to simply having an expert skillfully work the oars so they can concentrate all their efforts […]
10% of anglers catch 90% of the fish. Here are 4 ways you can be more like them.
Mike Smith with a speckled trout caught with the new Fish-Skull® Captain Dubiel’s Pop-N-Fly™. It’s been said that 10% of fishermen catch 90% of the fish. While the actual numbers may not be exact, this old adage rings as true today as ever. But why is it the case that some anglers seem to be successful time and […]
Walleye on the fly?
Absolutely!
FOSTER FALLS, Va. (WFXR) — I can remember fly fishing with my father as a child nearly 60 years ago on the lake behind our house in Ohio. We were fishing for bluegill with tiny ant flies and filling up a bucket for a fish fry. We had a conversation that went something like this. […]
Cool water and hot trout: Fishing a Virginia Blue Ridge gem!
BASSETT, Va. (WFXR) — The fly drifted gently about ten feet downstream. Gulp! The fly vanished, swallowed by something just under the surface. “Got him,” exclaimed New River Fly Fishing guide Alex Wise as he quickly stripped line. Soon, a chunky brown trout came to the net. “Eleven and a half (inches),” said Wise as he placed […]
Water Ballet? The Art of Catching Trophies on Virginia’s New River
NEAR ALLISONIA, Va. (WFXR) — Fly fishing has often been compared to ballet. It requires grace. It requires precision. It requires rhythm. It requires timing. And, if all the conditions are met, it can be a thing of beauty and a place to find solitude. At least until a fish hits! “There’s one up on […]