Before the few days of rain we had this week, the New River was settling into a steady winter level. The water was clear, and the morning temperatures sometimes dip below freezing. It's musky season. The biggest victory, so far, has been getting Bailey on his first musky. On his first day of musky fishing, Bailey had a fish take his fly in the first 15 minutes or so of casting and didn't get a hookup. Musky are such magnificent, striking fish that I can't blame him. It's almo

A few weeks ago I woke up to see the field outside of my window coated in an even coat of frost for the first time this year. The season has changed, and fall is solidly upon us. Until spring, we'll be focusing our fishing efforts on wild trout and musky in southwest Virginia, and hopefully putting the regular high water events of the summer behind us. The same rains that kept the New River high and dirty for much of the summer kept the mountain trout streams full and flowing