Fall River Fishing Tips: 2 Amazingly Effective Fishing Techniques to Try This Fall

When it comes to river fishing, there is no more productive time of the year than the fall. The months of September, October, and November offer some of the most productive fishing of the year, and in this article I will outline a pair of amazingly effective techniques for you to try in your favorite river this fall.

Now, when I refer to the term river fishing, what is the style of fishing that I would be referring to exactly? The style that I am referring to is known as "wade fishing" or wading in a river while you are attempting to catch our underwater friends. Wading in the river that you are fishing is always what I have considered river fishing, and this is the style of fishing that I am referring to in this article. Obviously rivers can also be fished from a boat or the shore, but the both of the techniques below relate specifically to wading in the river that you are attempting to catch fish in.

So, what are the 2 tips that are so effective when wading in a river during the fall of the year? Read on, and you will find out.

1. Drifting Worms - There is no doubt that drifting worms is an amazingly effective technique to use in the fall of the year and it is a technique that I have been using with great success for more that two decades. "Drifting worms" involves allowing a live worm to drift naturally with the current of the river in an attempt to catch fish. The technique is often called "drift fishing", and is as effective a technique as there is in the fall of the year when fish are "stocking up" on food before the onslaught of freezing water temperatures.


2. Drifting Flies - Drifting an artificial fly through the current of the river that you are fishing is also an extremely effective fall fishing technique to use when fishing in the fall. Traditional fly fishermen know this fact very well, but spin fisherman probably don't because they think that they can't fish with artificial flies. This is actually not true, and with the help of a fly fishing bubble spin fishermen can actually drift fish with artificial flies quite effectively. Although specific fly patterns will vary from area to area, various nymphs and/or streamers are popular fly choices when fishing during September, October, and November.

The bottom line is that if you are a river fisherman and enjoy wading in the water, the aforementioned techniques should be added to you repertoire sooner rather than later. They have both been working for me on species of fish such as rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, and even walleye for many years and I am confident that they will do the same for you.