
Large Trout Streams and Delayed Harvest Streams:
The trout are now spread throughout long stretches of water so a good tactic is to use a streamer with a soft hackle dropper. This enables us to show the trout imitations of both the minnows and nymphs they are feeding upon. My favorite flies are the Shenandoah Skunk Simple Streamer size 10, Shenandoah Silver Ghost Simple Streamer size 10 and Mr. Rapidan Olive Soft Hackle Nymph size 12. This is great on Big Cedar Creek, the Smith River and Bullpasture.