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All prices are for two people         One-Day Float on the Potomac, Shenandoah or Rappahannock:  $400

Two-Day Float with Overnight Camping:  $900.  Three-Day Float with Overnight Camping: $ 1300

To book a float contact Jeff Kelble at:  540-837-1478  or      jeff@fishinginvirginia.net

To Save the Shenandoah Visit: www.potomacriverkeeper.org

 

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Your Guide:
  • Lifetime catch-and-release fisherman with a firm belief in respecting and protecting our watersheds
  • Spinfisherman for 26 years, flyfisherman and tier for 21 years
  • Past President, past Vice President, Conservation Chairman and Newsletter Editor of 200-member Potomac River Smallmouth Club
  • Traveling Flyfishing Instructor for LL Bean's Outdoor Discovery School (2001-2003)
  • FFF (Federation of Fly Fishers) Certified Casting Instructor (http://www.fedflyfishers.org/)
  • Worked for several years in the LL Bean Tysons Corner Flyshop
  • Jeff Kelble is in his sixth year of guiding professionally, with a focus on teaching tactics for locating and catching large river smallmouth (18 inches and over)
  • Featured or Pictured guide in American Angler (Nov-2001, Sep-2002) Outdoor Life (Feb-2002, Bassmaster Magazine(July-2003, Sept-2002, Jan-2001)Fly Fisherman (Sep-2004) 2001 Bass Annual Fishing Magazine, Virginia Game and Fish (July-2000, May-2003, May-2004) Virginia Wildlife, Woods and Waters, North American Fisherman and others
  • National Sales Representative for Kreel Tackle Fly Company
  • 14' Maravia Eco New Wave self bailing raft, this large boat features ample interior space, a drop stitched inflatable floor which allows for a hard/stable standing platform, shallower draft for stealth, urethane coated bottom for easing over rocks, and finally a cleaner frame setup with no add-ons, makes for a lean mean flyfishing machine.
Each One- Day Float Includes:
  • A personally selected 4.5 to 9 mile stretch of river based upon current water levels, conditions and season.
  • Full day guided fishing excursion for two; flyfishermen and spinfishermen welcome
  • All tackle including rods, reels, line, flies, lures, etc. provided at no charge
  • Homemade lunch provided (see "Note" below; please advise of dietary restrictions, lunch not included on Susquehanna and New Rivers)
  • Unlimited casting instruction upon request
  • Beginners and advanced fishermen welcome
  • Your full time guide's full and undivided attention

Note:     Susquehanna Trips in 2005 will be block-booked September 19th-23rd and October 10th-14th.  New River is block booked in 2005 between March 7th and April 8th but it's been completely booked, please call if you'd like to be considered for cancellations.  I have rented the Little Sycamore Cabin on the New River for myself and the anglers.  I will be staying at the Doyle Hotel in Duncannon, PA for the Susquehanna Trips.  On the road I won't be able to prepare competent lunches so please bring your own.  I will provide drinks, ice and a cooler.

Two-Day Overnight Float Includes:
  • Same guiding services provided during the one-day float, but for two days
  • Dinner the first night and breakfast the second morning (in addition to lunches)
  • Equipment for camping including tent, sleeping pad, sleeping bags, campfire. BYOB and BYOP (bring your own pillow)
Three-Day Overnight Float Includes:
  • Just add one more day of fishing, camping and meals to the two-day float
  • My three-day float usually takes place on the historic and pristine Rappahannock River between Kelly's Ford and Mott's Landing. (Grand total of one house visible from the river during the 24-mile float.) This float is limited to periods of steady river flow