Fly fishing in June is one of my favorite months for both native brook trout and smallmouth bass streams. After the recent rains the rivers are starting to drop to normal levels with just a little color, providing some excellent fishing.



Fishing a Silver Outcast size 4 over gravel bars at dusk to imitate the shiner minnows is an excellent technique. Along the heavily shaded banks over 3-ft deep water over a cobblestone stream bottom, fish a Shenandoah Blue Popper size 4. This is a sure-fire method to catch many nice bass at this time of year.



For more information on access to the Shenandoah River, see my book Fly Fishing the Shenandoah River for Smallmouth Bass. For more information on how to fish for bass in June, listen to my podcast.



Fly Fishing the Native Brook Trout Streams



The Sulphur hatch is still going. The duns start emerging at mid-day and continue until dark. The spinners come back at dusk. Try to stay on the stream until close to dark to take advantage of the overlap of the duns and spinners.



Many little yellow stoneflies are hatching in the mountain trout streams and the trout feed on them all day long. The Murray’s Little Yellow Stonefly in a size 16 is very effective fished on 6X with slack line casts.



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