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.
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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
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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)
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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
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