Between 5 p.m. and dark use Pale Evening Duns size 18. Fish the pheasant tail nymph for the nymph stage. Use the comparaduns and parachutes for the dun stage. The James River and New River smallmouth bass fishing is under way. Try top-water action, using poppers size 6.
Chartreuse is a good color choice.
You will be surprised of the action you get. I have run twelve AM and PM charters in a row. My face is sunburnt and it has been so windy that I couldn't wear a hat, but the best fishing has been on the very windy days. Gray trout fishing hasn't been up to par, but I have found a couple of places where I can catch limits when the tides and winds are right, but overall gray trout fishing is not wide spread as it should be. One morning this week, I found plenty of Spanish Mackerel in the Sound, and caught them on weightless Finn-S tails twitched on the surface with the action of crippled minnows.