Its been almost a month since my last blog post. I have been mainly spending time with my wife and son as much as possible. 2019 was a great year guiding and my best to date, and with a lot of time spent away from home March- November, Winter gives me the opportunity to catch [...]
With Christmas approaching some folks maybe wondering what to get that fly fisherman on their list. Well for those hard to buy for, how about a gift certificate from Matt Miles Fly Fishing for a guided fishing trip. A fly fishing guided trip is also a great gift for the beginner fisherman. Hiring a guide [...]
Well its officially the season you have to work harder to catch fish. Shorter days and colder weather changes the way fish eat and what they eat. The Jackson River near Covington, Va has fished well this Fall but this week water temperatures have dropped below 50 degrees. When the water temp gets near 45 [...]
Fall is here and our first cold front of October came yesterday with some much needed rain. It has been very dry here in Central Virginia. The low and clear water can make fishing very challenging and unfortunately not worth the time depending on where you are going. Small mountain streams are super low and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
November hasn't been as sweet as some in the past. Mainly due to the rain fronts we seem to have every week as soon as conditions approve. I swear it has rained once a week since April this year. This is the wettest year on record but I definitely have never seen a Fall with [...]
Well Punxsutawney Phil wasn't joking when he didn't see his shadow. The past two weeks has felt like March not April. Fished in the snow two days last week. It finally seems like Spring has finally sprung and plans to stick around this time. Temps in the 70's and 80's the past few days. The [...]