There are many things happening on our streams to provide some wonderful fly fishing in April. In this podcast I will be covering the mountain trout streams and the smallmouth bass fishing.

Fly Fishing in the Mountain Trout Streams

There are several hatches that occur during the month of April on the mountain trout streams. The first hatch is the Eperous pleuralis mayflies. The Blue Quills start in early April and then along comes the March Browns. These are 3 of the heaviest mayfly hatches. Often you will see all three on a large pool at the same time. The trout will take the one who drifts to him first.

Admittedly I get such good fishing with the Mr. Rapidan Parachute Dry in size 14 in April I usually just stay with it for the rising trout and to cover the water. Listen to my Podcast for more tips…..

Smallmouth Bass

The smallmouth bass are starting to feed but often they will choose feeding stations away from the flow of the strongest current that holds good populations of minnows. Some of my most productive areas are what I call Bank Bays. These are indentations cut into the banks by previous floods. They may be carved back into the bank ten to 15 feet and may extend down the river from 10 to 20 feet. The protection from the strong currents and the large number of minnows make these choice feeding stations for the bass. My favorite two streamers to match the minnows here are Murray’s Magnum Creek Chub and Magnum Hog Sucker both in size 4. Listen to the rest of the Podcast>>>