A good approach to fly fishing in August is to use a popper with a dropper. A good friend of mine caught a nice smallmouth using a Bass Stonefly Nymph as a dropper below a Shenandoah Blue Popper size 4. We have used this ploy often with great success.



Over the past several years many smallmouth anglers have used this combination of a popper with a nymph dropper to catch many bass around aquatic grassbeds, on the edges of large trees that have fallen into the river, and along the banks. Listen to my PODCAST for more info.



I have experimented with different nymphs such as:




* Stonefly Nymph



* Bass Caddis Nymph



* Rubber Leg Nymph



* Dragonfly Nymph



* Damselfly Nymph




Try this the next time you are out and see what happens.



Summer is winding down and we only have a few spots in our Full Day Fly Fishing Schools and Half Day Lessons for Summer 2023. Reserve your spot today!



Trout Fly Fishing



The major aquatic insects are over so I turn to Murray’s Flying Beetle for the majority of my trout fishing. It floats well, is easy to see and will seldom let me down. Listen to my PODCAST for an interesting story on how the Flying Beetle came about.