The Albemarle Angler

Fish Report–August 25, 2010

Gordon — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:09:33 +0000

Fishing for smallmouth bass has really been picking up even with fairly low water conditions as the temps have dropped a bit the past week. The water levels on the James River and Shenandoah are not as low as you would think with quality floats available on both rivers. This next 6 weeks or so should see some of the most quality fishing of the year as the big boys start bulking up for winter and go on a feeding rampage. Last week netted an 18 1/2″ smallie on the James on the newly re-opened Bremo float with several other nice size fish to 16″ and a 24″ monster was spotted on a recent float in the Shenandoah. Fish are feeding top to bottom with favorite patterns being poppers (bigger is better) on top. We recommend Walt’s Poppers. Fish CK Baitfish, Clousers, Thin Mints etc in the mid level of the water column. On the bottom, especially in the morning, we are fishing clawdads or hellgrammit patterns low and slow.

We are getting sporadic reports that brookie fishing is picking up in the park especially in the rivers like the Rapidan with better water levels. Cooler days will be the best fishing. I would try any terrestrail patterns especially small foam ants. Size will most likely trump pattern selection or color.

End of Summer Sale!

Gordon — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:16:23 +0000

During August, we are blowing out our overstock of fly fishing items. Save up to 45% on selected items including:

All Simms…fishing shirts (30% off), Headwaters waders ($75 off), G4 Pro Waders ($150 off), G3 Guide Waders ($100 off), Vibram Guide Boots, G4 Guide Boots in Vibram, and all Simms Fishing Vests. (all 30% off)

Fishpond…all fishpond vests and luggage (30% off)

Orvis…clearwater rods (30% off)

Welcome to Albemarle Angler

Gordon — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:15:34 +0000

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

Individual Fly Casting Lessons are available for $75/hr. Please call to schedule.

Orvis Endorsed Fall Fly Fishing School–October 9th

Gordon — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:01:25 +0000

October 9, 2010

2-3 times a year we offer our Orvis Endorsed Fly Fishing Schools here in Central Virginia. Our classes of ten students and 2 instructors head up to Rose River Farm to the “old barn” and enjoy a great day of learning about fly fishing and making new friends. We tailor our fly fishing schools to beginning fly fisher’s. Our goal is that for someone who has never fly fished before, a complete beginner fly fisher, that at the end of the day you should be able to walk onto a trout stream and know how to fly cast, tie knots, pick the right fly, be familiar with your equipment and be able to catch and land fish without a guide. (We still humbly suggest that you may catch more fish with a guide however!).

Our fly fishing school starts at 9am and goes until 4pm. We provide bagels and coffee to get everyone going then dive into our classroom portion of the instruction. After listening to Gordon ramble on about fly fishing equipment we take a break and head outside by the lake (conveniently loaded with bass for your fishing pleasure) for some fly casting instruction. This is a hands on fly fishing class after all.
We provide a full lunch then do a short multimedia show that cover fly selection and fly fishing techniques. After this we head back out to the lake to try some advanced fly casting techniques and catch more fish. We’ve never had a class where every student didn’t catch at least one fish! I’m thinking that must be some kind of record (yes, we’ve had much more than one class!)

Orvis Endorsed Fly Fishing School participants are eligible for 10% discount when purchasing a complete fly fishing package from us. We think you’re going to love this sport. It’s really not as hard as most people think!

If you would like more information, or to register, please call us at 434.977.6882 or email us.

FALL 2010 Date: Saturday, October 9th
Cost: $250 Deposit: $50
Register Now: 434.977.6882

All Simms Fishing Shirts on Sale 30% Off

Gordon — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:34:02 +0000

All Simms fishing shirts in all colors are on sale during August. We are discounting them up to 30% off including Core3 and Bugblocker shirts. We still have a very large selection in stock.

Hardware River Boat Ramp Open

Gordon — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:24:17 +0000

The long awaited reconstruction of the Hardware River Bridge on the James has finally been completed as of August 4th. The boat ramp is now accessible opening up what is possibly the best float on the James for smallmouth bass. We are excited to be guiding this “home water” section of the James again after two years of waiting for the new bridge. Call us to book a trip now for August and see why this ranks as my #1 float on the river.

Central Virginia Fish Report

Gordon — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:47:26 +0000

General Conditions
Overall conditions are great right now with water levels coming up a bit with the recent rain. The rain and lower temps this week are helping to cool things off and heat up the fishing. The fish are willing and concentrated more due to slightly lower water levels. Streamer and poppers are taking most fish so fish what you are comfortable with. We are using Walt’s Poppers on top in blue, orange, yellow, and white. For streamers a tutti frutti clouser or Kreelex is hard to beat especially when stripped fast with the tip of the rod. Try to really make your streamers “jump” as the action is what is triggering the bite.

We’ve also been getting good reports of lots of fish on the Jackson Tailwater on small mayflies, especially soft hackles fished on the swing. Mossy Creek has also been producing good numbers of fish on hoppers and small PT’s.

Fish Report Central Virginia-Charlottesville

Gordon — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:17:40 +0000

Overall conditions are actually much better than you would expect. Of course we need rain in the worst way but since most of our fishing is on the James at this point we are making it work and the fish are willing and concentrated more due to slightly lower water levels. This past week before the rain we got 45 fish or so for one angler including a 17″ fish in 6″ of water. Everything is taking fish so fish what you are comfortable with. We are using Walt’s Poppers on top in blue, orange, yellow, and white. For streamers a tutti frutti clouser or Kreelex is hard to beat especially when stripped fast with the tip of the rod. Try to really make your streamers “jump” as the action is what is triggering the bite. We’ve also been getting good reports of lots of fish on the Jackson Tailwater on small mayflies, especially soft hackles fished on the swing. Mossy Creek has also been producing good numbers of fish on hoppers and small PT’s.

FREE Flyfishing 101

Gordon — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:31:20 +0000

June 12, 2010
9:00 am	to	12:00 pm
July 3, 2010
9:00 am	to	12:00 pm
9:00 am	to	12:00 pm
July 10, 2010
9:00 am	to	12:00 pm
July 17, 2010
9:00 am	to	12:00 pm
July 24, 2010
9:00 am	to	12:00 pm

Join us every Saturday in July for our Orvis sponsored ‘FLYFISHING 101″. These 1 hour classes are completely free and designed to introduce new people to the sport of fly fishing. We will be holding these classes every saturday in July from 9am-12pm. RSVP/sign up is necessary as we are limiting each class to 4 people.

Classes will cover basic fly casting (equipment provided), knot tying, and system components.

Once instruction is completed, each attendee will receive a $15 savings card good toward Orvis gear. Additionally, each group attendee will receive a certificate for a FREE Trout Unlimited membership – a $35 value. The total free package value including the instruction is valued at over $75.

Forward this post to anyone you know who might be interested and make sure to call us to sign up as space in each timeslot is limited.

434.977.6882

Sidewalk Sale this Weekend

Gordon — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:23:31 +0000

June 10, 2010

June 13, 2010

This weekend (thursday through Sunday) we are again hosting our bi-annual Barracks Road Sidewalk Sale. Many items in our store are on sale and there are many items deeply discounted to 40% off or more. All Barbour and Mullholland Bros. Leather luggage and bags are 40% off as are select Barbour shirts, Filson sweaters, Simms gore tex rainware and filson upland hunting vests.

In addition, Orvis superfine trout bum fly rods are 30% off this weekend only as are all Scott Fly Rods.

Its major blowout time at the Angler so come on in and see what kind of deal we have for you!