I have been guiding striped bass since my last blog post. I finished up the freshwater striped bass run on the Staunton River at Brookneal, VA on May 4th. The freshwater run was frustrating this year, it seemed like you had to be in the right place at the right time to get any numbers [...]
Spring was looking great, rivers were at great levels and caddis hatches were going strong. Things changed a week ago with a strong storm front coming from the west. Some places in Virginia received a couple inches of rain. Definitely not what I want to see after 2018's wash out. Yesterday another strong front came [...]
We have had great conditions on the Jackson river lately for streamer fishing. Since the rains have calmed down the Jackson river flows are down to a great level for nymph and dry fly fishing now. Soon the caddis will start hatching and get the fish looking up for Spring. The native brook trout streams [...]
Its been 30 days since my last post. I have no idea where the time went but felt like it was time well spent. It has finally started to feel like Spring here in Virginia. The rain has calm down and actually it has been dry for over a week, so thats a new record [...]
Consistently inconsistent describes the weather this year perfectly. We went from having 60's one week back to 30's and 40's. This morning I woke up to 4 inches of snow. We are only a week away from March and a couple weeks away from daylight savings time. I think all of us are due for [...]
The ground hog did not see his shadow, can we trust him? Seems like he's right most years so I'm looking forward to a early Spring and warmer temps. This past week's weather was awesome. Air temps in the 60's and low 70's until today when a cold front pushed in. I took advantage of [...]
Well a lot hasn't changed since 2018. The start of 2019 has been very wet and cold. January is always a tough month for fishing. You have to work hard for them with the cold water temps this time of year but you can't catch them sitting on the couch. I wish I had more [...]
Its been a heck of a ride this year, I believe the wettest year on record. I was amazed I got out as much as I did. I appreciate everyone that understood and put up with all the rescheduling and cancelations. 2018 wasn't all bad, still had plenty of great days on the water and [...]
Looking at my weather app six times a day for the past two weeks, I was pretty sure I was done guiding for 2018. Thankfully with the holidays my clients were flexible and we had a one day window to get out on the water before flows raised. The trip was originally a musky trip [...]
Will this wet weather ever stop? I surely hope so, it has rained every weekend since mid November. Last weekend we received 12 inches of snow, now thats gone all at once because its raining again. We only have a couple weeks left in 2018 and this year was a historic one with this weather. [...]