Fly Fishing for Smallmouth on Virginia's New River

July 4, 2007 By: Marshall Cutchin

“I admit that I’m one of the western anglers who has a bit of an attitude about the eastern states. There isn’t much to offer the avid fly caster, right? And whatever there is suffers from overcrowding by the eastern masses, no doubt.” On New West, Bill Schneider’s western bias is exposed to the solitude and good fishing for smallmouth bass and even rainbows in Virginia.