Red Eyes can be quite tenacious. I haven't caught them in the same number that I use to catch them on in the Rappahannock. It is a good rule of thumb that if you are catching Red Eyes then you are in the right water to catch smallies (kind of like Fall Fish).
On the Rappahannock the color yellow works great for top water. It was a mystery why it was like this until I figured out that there was a ton of small frogs running around on the banks (their bellies are a pale color close to yellow or white). This is surprising because blue is the number one color on the Shenandoah and there are a lot of damsel flies on the Shenandoah and the Rappahannock.
This is getting to the time where hopper patterns are very good patterns on the Rapidan and Rappahannock. Dave's Hopper and Letort hopper work really good (especially when dubbed with yellow body material). If you find a steep bank that drops quickly into the water, grass nearby, and current flowing good by this bank the Hopper will really produce. If the bank is shady it will produce most of the day with this pattern. I have had a carp take a hopper once but it took off like a bulldozer and I never turned it on a 6 weight and 2X tippet.
There is an area on the Rappahannock that the locals refer to as Snake Castle. This area is what we would call boulder water. This is water that is a bit deeper with large rocks in it and current flowing through. This consistently produces big smallmouth bass. I have caught a few nice ones out of snake castle.
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