The Albemarle Angler is Central Virginia’s full service fly fishing guide and outdoor lifestyle outfitter. We carry the best fly fishing and outdoor brands in the world including Orvis, Simms, Barbour, Filson, Hardy, Fishpond, Sage, Scott, TFO, Abel, and Rio. We offer guided fly fishing trips in Virginia to many of the great trout and smallmouth bass streams including the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Jackson River, the James River, and the Shenandoah River. Stop by anytime to chat about fishing or outfit yourself and your family for life in the great outdoors of Virginia. We are located a block from the University of Virgina in Charlottesville in the Barrack’s Road Shopping Center beside the CVS pharmacy. Click here for directions.
SPECIAL ORDERS: As always, we are proud to offer free shipping on all special orders. If you can find it in the catalog then we will order it for you at no charge. You can even phone in your order with the item number from the catalog to 434.977.6882. To request a current Orvis catalog, please call us at 434.977.6882 or email us at info@albemarleangler.com
Did you know we offer a rewax service for Barbour Jackets? One week turnaround.
Well, we got snowed out last week but we’ll resume our weekly FREE fly tying seminars this Friday, February 12th from 2-4pm. This week we will not be featuring a specific pattern or tyer but will instead have an “open tying forum”. Just bring your vice and materials and we can sit around and guzzle coffee and tie flies. If you are wanting help starting out, this is the perfect time to come try it out and get some help. If you know how to tie and want to share some patterns or techniques, then this is a great time for you as well. Come one, come all. We’ll have coffee, fun, and friends.
As many of you know, the fly fishing industry is moving quickly toward all rubber soles on most of the new wading boots to combat the spread of invasive species. The newest entry into the market from Orvis is the Riverguard series of boots. We highly recommend studs on all Vibram wading boots but the good news is that the Riverguard boots by Orvis come with studs. Our testiing has seemed to bear out the fact that rubber is more durable and offers better traction when studs are used than felt alone. This video explains more about the boot.
Check out the new Orvis Video on the Orvis Hydros Rods that are new this year. If you haven’t already heard, the Hydros is “the poor man’s Helios”. The Helios broke the barrier for all fly rods when it was introduced last year and is by far, the lightest fly rod on the market. It also happens to by my favorite casting rod too. But what to do when you don’t have $750+ to spend on your next fly rod? Enter the Hydros: made with the same technology and tapers, it is just a bit heavier and lighter at the same time: heavier in weight, lighter on your wallet. We have these rods in stock now at the Albemarle Angler and you can come in and test cast them anytime. I think you will be impressed by what Orvis is doing with their rods. I am.
We are blowing out our old fly tying inventory to make room for the new stuff. Many items are 45% off the list price, including many hooks and tools. Come take a look at the selection or call us if you have something in particular that you are looking for.
Come join us this Friday, January 29 from 2-4pm for our first guest fly tyer, Mattie Majorin, who will be tying up some great Chesapeake Bay saltwater flies. We’ve been doing a lot of trout flies in the last week and have had a great turnout so this promises to be something a bit different. Saltwater flies are big and easy to tie and Mattie is good at it. We’ll have coffee on so if you want to bring your vise and tie with us you can or just watch and ask lots of questions. Lots of fun!
Our 4th FREE fly tying seminar will be Friday, January 29 from 2-4pm at the shop. Our topic will be saltwater fly tying with an emphasis on local Bay waters; Stipers and Bluefish. We’re planning on having a guest tyer for this seminar. We will post more info then. Bring your vise and tie along with us. You must supply your own materials (although we’re happy to share some personal materials). We’ll have coffee, fun, and friends.
Our 3rd free fly tying seminar will be Friday, January 22 from 2-4pm at the shop. Our topic will be tying effective nymphs and dry flies. John Edelen and I will be tying some of our favorite nymphs and dry flies, including a discussion of how to wing dry flies. Bring your vise and tie along with us. You must supply your own materials (although we’re happy to share some personal materials). We’ll have coffee, fun, and friends.
Nathan and I fished a private section of the Jackson River tailwater today. Number were not high with only about 2o fish landed but the first two were worth the whole day. An 18″ brown took a streamer and two casts later a 20″ rainbow took a prince nymph and 100ft of line downstream. Most fish came on streamers with a few on nymphs.
