Fly fishing on the native brook trout streams in May brings many opportunities as there are several hatches occurring. The Light Cahill hatch is very active and by using drys and nymphs that match the hatch, you increase your chances. The Little Yellow Stoneflies are active all of May. Since we haven’t had any rock rolling floods this hatch is expected to be heavy. Toward the last half of May we can expect the Sulphur hatch.
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Light Cahill Hatch Fly Special with a Murray’s Leader
Yellow Stonefly Hatch Fly Special with a Murray’s Leader
Sulphur Hatch Fly Special with a Murray’s Leader
Fly Fishing for Smallmouth Bass
The hellgrammites are plentiful in the smallmouth rivers. Since they have a 3-year life cycle, you can always expect to find some in the river. As a kid I used to seine for hellgrammites to fish with. As I got older and into fly fishing I started experimenting with different hellgrammite patterns. I was not happy with any of them so I decided to design my own pattern. The
Murray’s Heavy Hellgrammite and
Murray’s Regular Hellgrammite are some of my most popular flies and best sellers in my fly shop in Edinburg, VA. Many of our customers and students in our
Fly Fishing Schools do well with the Murray’s Hellgrammite.
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Fly Fishing Schools at Murray’s Fly Shop (held each summer on the Shenandoah River)
