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Fly fishing in June for native brook trout

Fly Fishing in June

Shown are a few of the flies and powdered floatants we used in our Powdered floatant test in the Murray's Fly Shop Lab

Dry Fly Floatants Pt.2 – Powdered Floatant Video Comparison

Fly fishing with poppers for smallmouth bass

Fly Fishing with Poppers for Smallmouth Bass

Dry flies in water during a fly floatant test at Murray's Fly Shop Edinburg, Virginia

Best Fly Fishing Floatants Compared: Gink, Loon, High N Dry, SA & More

Fly fishing schools

Fly Fishing Schools at Murray’s Fly Shop

Fly fishing in June for native brook trout
Fly Fishing in June
Fly fishing in May for native brook trout
Fly Fishing in May for Trout and Bass

Fly Fishing Questions Podcast

December 14, 2016March 4, 2017Harry
My fly fishing questions and answers podcast for December will cover several topics that I have been asked over the last several months. [...]

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Primary Feeding Stations for Trout

December 5, 2016Harry
Learning to find the primary feeding stations for trout is the most valuable thing an angler can learn. The largest trout in the [...]

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Fly Fishing Podcast for December 2016

November 30, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
In m December Fly Fishing Podcast I am going to discuss the trout fishing and the bass fishing that we can expect to [...]

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Fly Fishing Essentials- Must Haves

November 28, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
Fly fishing essentials- must haves include a variety of gear, an extra fly box is an easy one. For my trout fishing I [...]

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Safe Wading Techniques

November 22, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
Safe wading techniques are paramount to your enjoyment while on the water.  Several years ago I almost drowned at the Outer Banks when [...]

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Fly Fishing Question and Answer Podcast with Harry Murray

November 17, 2016January 28, 2018Jeff
In this fly fishing podcast, Harry Murray discusses a broad variety of questions ranging from fishing small mountain trout streams to large western [...]

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Fly Fishing Question and Answer with Harry Murray

November 17, 2016October 26, 2021Jeff
This months fly fishing question and answers podcast includes Harry Murray discussing the swing nymphing technique used with Murray’s Fly Shop Indicators, hook [...]

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Fly Fishing Question & Answer October 2016

November 17, 2016August 17, 2019Jeff
http://shenandoahfishing.murraysflyshop.com/AudioFiles/QuestionAns1016.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS [...]

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Chest High Waders or Hippers?

November 14, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
I use Chest High Waders when I am fishing large trout streams and smallmouth bass rivers.  I wear hippers when I am fishing [...]

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Thank you Veterans

November 11, 2016Jeff
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The Angler’s Friend – Folstaf Wading Staff

November 7, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
I never head into any stream without my Folstaf Wading Staff.  Many anglers readily see the safety advantages of using a Wading Staff [...]

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Fly Fishing in Virginia in November & December

November 4, 2016Harry
Each year I get asked, “What kind of fly fishing can I expect for November and December in Virginia?’ November and December provide [...]

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Fly Fishing Podcast Report–November 2016

November 2, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
This Fly Fishing Podcast Report will cover the trout and bass fishing that we can expect in Virginia  for the month of November. [...]

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Fly Fishing Newsletter

November 1, 2016October 13, 2024Harry
In this fly fishing newsletter I want to discuss the little olives and the best techniques to catch the large bass. Trout Fishing– [...]

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Fly Casting Classes

October 31, 2016June 26, 2017Harry
In my Fly Casting and Rigging Tackle Classes and in my “On The Stream Fly Fishing Schools”, I find that most beginning anglers [...]

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Sink Tip Mini Lead Head

October 24, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
I used to make these out of lead core trolling line in many lengths from four inches to ten feet long. I whipped [...]

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Scientific Anglers Indicators

October 18, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
Many years ago when I showed Howard West, an executive with Scientific Anglers, how I made these with old fly lines. He was [...]

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Fly Fishing Questions & Answers October 2016

October 18, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
Each month Harry Murray discusses some fly fishing questions that he is asked through emails and phone calls.  This month he discusses the [...]

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Murray’s Liquid Dry Fly Floatant

October 10, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
I make this in my fly shop with special ingredients in order to achieve the three most important functions I believe we need [...]

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Bargain Hunting

October 3, 2016Harry
Stop by a yard sale or garage sale and purchase a used food blender for several dollars. These are wonderful for blending your [...]

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Fly Fishing Report for October 2016

October 3, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
For my  Fly Fishing Report for October I want to discuss the techniques which are effective in fishing streamers for large trout all [...]

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Small Flies

September 27, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
In order to tie small delicate trout flies I hold the number of thread wraps to a minimum. The firmness of the wraps [...]

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Tailing Dry Flies

September 23, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
Many years ago I used to tie my dry flies with thick clumps of spade hackle and could not explain why I got [...]

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Fly Fishing Questions Podcast

September 22, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
This months fly fishing question and answers podcast includes Harry Murray discussing the swing nymphing technique used with Scientific Angler Indicators, hook sharpening [...]

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Durable Flies

September 20, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
In order to improve the durability of my flies when I tie them, I like to place a mini-drop of head cement at [...]

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Penetrating Cement

September 17, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
For me fly tying cement has two main purposes. One is to hold the fly together and the second is to coat a [...]

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Why the Mr. Rapidan?

September 12, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
Many years ago two elderly gentlemen in my advanced fly tying college class made a simple request: Teach us to tie a dry [...]

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Streamer Flash

September 10, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
I often add a few strands of rainbow color accent flash in the wings and tails of streamers. These strands in with marabou, [...]

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Natural Animal Fur Dubbing Materials

September 6, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
For very small nymphs I often use natural furs right off the skin after removing the guard hairs. These furs produce flies with [...]

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September Fly Fishing Podcast

August 31, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
In today’s fly fishing podcast Harry Murray discusses the tactics and fly patterns which are effective for fishing for trout during the Brown [...]

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Dubbing for Fly Bodies

August 29, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
For dry flies I like to use a very fine poly blend of dubbing material such as Fly Rite 34 on the left [...]

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Hen Saddles

August 27, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
Speckled Indian Hen Saddles are great for hackleing nymphs and soft hackles. They are dyed in many different colors, are inexpensive and you [...]

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Effective Streamers

August 22, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
When you are designing a new streamer to match a specific minnow it is great to tie one that looks so much like [...]

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Fly Fishing Questions & Answers Podcast August 2016

August 18, 2016March 5, 2017Harry
In this fly fishing podcast, Harry Murray discusses a broad variety of questions ranging from fishing small mountain trout streams to large western [...]

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Hackle Cape and Saddle

August 16, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
This photo shows the difference between a Metz Grade 1 Light Ginger Rooster Neck Cape and a Metz Grade 1 Brown Rooster Saddle. [...]

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Match the ???

August 8, 2016Harry
Personally I enjoy entomology. I found that working with Art Flick in the sixties in order to identify the aquatic insects in Virginia [...]

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Fly Fishing Podcast August 2016

August 3, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
In this fly fishing podcast, Harry Murray discusses the tactics which are effective for large trout using Shenk’s Letort Hoppers and Shenk’s Crickets [...]

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Ideal Flies

August 1, 2016October 13, 2024Harry
Ideal Flies. Select the flies you carry to the stream carefully so you can meet the demands at that specific time.  One day [...]

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Good Smallmouth Bass Fishing

July 25, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
Great sections of smallmouth bass rivers to fish are the areas just upstream of the public access areas. These receive much less serious [...]

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Murray’s Hellgrammite

July 23, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
It is hard to fix it if you do not know what is broken. That is where I was when I started fly [...]

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Fly Fishing Questions & Answers July 2016

July 20, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
In this Fly Fishing Question and Answer Podcast, Harry Murray discusses questions that he has been asked over the last month through phone [...]

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Match the Minnows

July 19, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
About two hours before dark on a beautiful August evening I waded across the South Fork of the Shenandoah River, intending to fish [...]

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Hot Fence

July 16, 2016Harry
Many farmers along the Shenandoah River are wisely using electric fences to keep their cattle out of the river except at special locations. [...]

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Deer Hair Bass Bugs

July 11, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
Deer Hair Bass Surface Bugs are easy to tie and are very effective to fish. Here are some tips which help beginning fly [...]

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Raincoat

July 5, 2016August 27, 2017Harry
When I am fishing the back country for trout or more than a mile away from my Jeep on a smallmouth bass river, [...]

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Maps

July 2, 2016Harry
Last summer a friend took two of his fishing buddies into a small remote mountain trout stream.  He had fished the stream before [...]

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Fly Fishing Podcast July 2016 Report

June 30, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
As I am doing this fly fishing podcast I am realizing that many of you are going to be enjoying the outdoors this [...]

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Thermometer

June 27, 2016April 10, 2022Harry
My Stream Thermometer is a very important part of my trout and smallmouth bass angling.  For example, on mountain trout streams the first [...]

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Ruffled Grouse

June 24, 2016October 26, 2021Harry
Ruffled Grouse Body Feathers are some of my favorite materials for hackling nymphs and soft hackle flies. These feathers are easy to use [...]

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Learn to catch Smallmouth Bass on Popping Bugs

June 24, 2016October 26, 2021Jeff
It’s prime time for catching Smallmouth Bass on Poppers!  Learn the three most productive tactics for catching Bass on Popping Bugs in our [...]

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