Fish With A Friend

2024 Season

Bring: Water, snacks, rod outfit, wading gear, streamers, & wooly buggers to all events.

For Trout events: Bring dries, BH’s, & emergers. For smallmouth (Jun/Jul/Aug); bring staff, poppers, wooly buggers, & insect repellent.

March 1 (Fri) Rapidan River JohnL/AndyH-10:00 AM at the junction pool. Bring quill gordon & nymphs.

March 13 (Wed) Hughes River JoeC/ToniC-10:00 AM at Old Rag Parking Lot/Upper End. Bring March browns & nymphs.

March 20 (Wed)-Rapidan River Cleanup/Picnic/Fishing/ChuckH 9:30 AM Criglersville ES.

April 1 (Mon) Mossy Creek FF 8 people limit $125 each. Email JoeC for Available slots and mail the check to him once confirmed. A time and meeting place will be sent out to those who will be attending.

April 8 (Mon) Cedar Creek Trophy Trout #1 4 or more 8:00 AM -5:00 PM, pay $80 at venue. Email RedB for confirmation.

April 10 TBD (Wed) -Rappahannock River-Shad/ KyleD. Meet at 6:30 AM in Fredericksburg at Riverside Drive location.

May 11 (Sat) Bluegill Lake Fishing / KyleD – Meet at 7:00 AM at Crockett Park off Meetze Rd.

May 28-31 (TBD) – Dry River-AndyH –

June 5 (Wed) Fishing/ Picnic – 5:00 PM at Soldiers Hill Angus farm pond/March Wales Road, Warrenton.

July 17 (Wed) – Rappahannock River / ChuckH – Smallmouth Bass – 4:30 PM at Hogue Tract

July 31 (Wed) – SF Shenandoah / Elkton TBD

August 19 (Sat) – SF Shenandoah River 7:30 AM at the Alma Bridge location / ChuckH / JoeR – Smallmouth Bass

September 7 (Sat) Rapidan / Stanton River 7:00 AM // JoeC.

September 21 (Sat) – Phelps WMA pond meet at 8:00 AM //Host /JoeC /FredK

October 1 TBD – Cedar Creek Trophy Trout #2 (pay $80 at venue) 8:00 AM -5:00 PM, Email FredF for confirmation.

stream fishing

Fishing Tips

Casting Heavy Flies

Casting Heavy Flies can be a difficult and dangerous activity with the risk of embedding a hook in the back of your head ever looming. The key to casting big flies, then is to slow everything down, widen [...]

Learn to “Read the Rise”

Knowing how trout feed can help you catch more fish.  Fast current and flies that emerge quickly — like caddisflies — or skitter along the surface cause trout to make loud, splashy rises. Classic rises [...]

Leaders and Building Furled Leaders

Judson Walls, one of the Rapidan Chapter members, spoke at the March 5 meeting on leaders and building furled leaders.  Rather than buying leaders from your favorite fly shop, Judd explained how easy it was [...]