TYING FOR SPRING
To be completely honest, I often put the fly rod down and throw a spinnerbait when the water is higher than usual, and with any...
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Matt Reilly
- Jan 5, 2021
- 3 min
FIRST CAST MUSKY
I got to the put-in earlier than I needed to. Christmas brought with it a blast of arctic air that nearly had the river on its knees....
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Matt Reilly
- Feb 25, 2020
- 3 min
"BAD CONDITIONS"
Fish enough, and keep track of the weather and conditions, and certain patterns begin to emerge. Like, for example, when it’s worth going...
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Matt Reilly
- Nov 19, 2019
- 3 min
MURPHY, YOUR GIRLFRIEND, AND SALMONID AGGRESSION
It is generally unwise to state rules in fishing, without qualifiers. I’ve learned so quickly in answering questions from clients on the...
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Matt Reilly
- Dec 19, 2018
- 3 min
19th ANNUAL VIRGINIA FLY FISHING AND WINE FESTIVAL RETURNS TO DOSWELL
On January 12 and 13, 2019, the Virginia Fly Fishing and Wine Festival will return to the Meadow Event Park in Doswell, Virginia, luring...
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Matt Reilly
- Feb 7, 2018
- 3 min
STILL THE SAME
The rapid was still in sight. Its white symphony took first chair to the wind, and the cold followed third—silent and subtle, but heard....
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Matt Reilly
- Feb 1, 2018
- 3 min
BACKCOUNTRY BLESSING
My eyes snapped open mid-morning. The previous night found me restless—scouring charts, tables; interpreting the forecasts; weighing my...
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Matt Reilly
- Jan 10, 2018
- 3 min
THREE VIRGINIA OUTDOOR ADVENTURES TO BEAT CABIN FEVER
Seems it’s getting harder and harder to find something we can all agree on these days, but one thing is for absolute certain—it’s cold....
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Matt Reilly
- Dec 30, 2017
- 3 min
A NEW VENTURE
Everyone is endowed with a calling. A passion or purpose. Something that makes you individually and definitively you. Something that...
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Matt Reilly
- Jul 19, 2017
- 3 min
FOUR KIDS IN A MEXICAN RESTAURANT
Kids, they sat there waiting. Just three—an unbalanced number. One can talk to the other two but not with complete comfort lent by...
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Matt Reilly
- Jul 12, 2017
- 3 min
WILDERNESS BROOK TROUT IN ONTARIO'S NORTHWEST INTERIOR
Adventure-scarred canoes lashed to its pontoons, a fully-loaded DCH-2 Beaver circled one of northwest Ontario’s thousands of jagged lakes...
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Matt Reilly
- Apr 5, 2016
- 3 min
BEFORE THE STORM
“I’m dropping out after today.” The declaration was one part joke, two parts intent, and escaped daily into a warm, bluebird sky from...
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