Harry’s View

I’m firmly convinced that I land one third more smallmouths per strike on barbless flies than I do on barbed flies. [...]

Smallmouth action in the middle of the day on bright sunny days can be very slow. I do best by fishing the shaded [...]

When fishing a dry fly upstream for trout in a fast stream an easy way to set the hook when lots of slack [...]

I always keep a backup rod and reel in the back of my car whether I’m fishing for trout or bass. You never [...]

Keep missing strikes on dry flies? These may be last minute refusals. Try going to a smaller fly and a finer tippet. [...]

Use your line hand to impart the action to your surface bugs whether they are Chuggars, Poppers, Sliders or Deer Hair Bugs. With [...]

Deal of the Week Purchase the Scott A3 907-4pc. rod for bass for $335.00 and get a S.A. Mastery WF-7 Bass Bug Taper [...]

When you are fishing a meadow trout stream in the summer keep alert for strong winds than can blow terrestrial insects into the [...]

Frequently delivering your Inchworm dry fly with a gentle splash on the presentation cast will bring strikes from trout that pass up a [...]

Smallmouth bass feed heavily upon shiner minnows that live in water 2 to 3 feet deep over gravel bars. Apparently the bass are [...]

Frequently a smallmouth bass river will be clear enough for good fishing but it is too high to wade it safely. This is [...]

Purchase 3 of each Murray’s Yellow Drake #16, Murray’s Sulphur Dry #16, and Murray’s Professor Dry #14 for $21.95 Want to Order? [...]

Deal of the Week: Simms new Freestone Boot with Vibram StreamTread Sole which gives great stream traction while assuring that you will not [...]

I don’t like to take a chance of loosing my largest fish of the year because a knot broke in my old tippet [...]

If you become badly hurt from a fall in many remote streams you may not be able to call out on your cell [...]

My young fishing partner had just hooked his first large brown trout and he was in trouble. He hooked the trout on a [...]

Many large smallmouth bass feed heavily at night. This fishing can be very exciting and it is not as difficult as you suspect. [...]

While enjoying time on a river or with family; remember those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice to keep us free! God [...]

If you are on a smallmouth river in the middle of the day during the summer and see bass jumping into the air [...]

If I could have only one smallmouth fly to use in all situations it would be the Murray’s Black Heavy Hellgrammite. Not only [...]

Both forks of the Shenandoah River drainages have received heavy rainfall in the last 24 hours. This rainfall has left both rivers unfishable [...]

As the smallmouth rivers begin to clear after a period of muddy water the fishing can be outstanding. How clear does the water [...]

The trout often adapt to the high water levels in the spring by moving out to the sides of the streams to feed. [...]

Harry Murray’s oral stream report for both trout and bass. streamreport051409 [...]

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On streams you fish several times a year and those you fish on annual trips year after year it is wise to make [...]

If I could have only one surface bug for all of my bass fishing it would be the Murray’s Shenandoah Blue Popper. Why?? [...]

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Hook: Mustad 33903, Thread: 3/0 Prewaxed Monocord, Body: Perfect Foam or Cork, Legs: White Rubber, Tail: Saddle Hackle Tips, Collar: Saddle Hackle, Paint: [...]

Years ago the saying was that any color bass bug was good as long as it was yellow. In the last 20 years [...]

Harry’s stream report for both bass and trout. stream-report-430091 http:///www.murraysflyshop.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/stream-report-43009.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS [...]

You need dependable knots but not a lot of them. Practice your knots at home then use the ones on the stream which [...]

If you have trouble getting your nymphs and streamers down deeply even with a moderately fast sinking tip line and a sinking head [...]

If you don’t know what dry fly to start the day with keep in mind that from spring to fall they run from [...]

Year after year the aquatic insects emerge from the streams at the times specific wildflowers bloom. You can use this information to help [...]

If I had one trout dry fly to use during all of the mayfly hatches it would be the Mr. Rapidan Dry Fly [...]