Fortunately the days of cotton long johns and bulky clothing that hold body moisture are a thing of the past. We now have [...]

Will Murray (Harry’s Grandfather) took this smallmouth at Edinburg, VA in 1914.  Will ran a grocery store in Edinburg, Virginia.  The store sat [...]

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As a youngster fishing the Shenandoah River for bass with live bait in the 50’s the natural hellgrammites were one of my most [...]

1976 – Jeff and Harry Murray – Jeff learning a bit of fly fishing at a very young age [...]

Plan your trip into the back country of the Yellowstone National Park now. [...]

Sitting in my fly shop I get cabin fever as I look out my office window at the snow along the banks of [...]

You can design great new flies – Murray’s Fly Shop – When the fish just will not take the flies there is a [...]

Thank you to all of the Veterans from all of us here at Murray’s Fly Shop.  God Bless you and your families. [...]

Many anglers call the Murray’s Strymph the universal smallmouth fly. When I first developed the fly I was fishing for smallmouths almost every [...]

As a youngster growing up on the North Fork of the Shenandoah River in the 40’s and 50’s I remember October as the [...]

Fly Tying Quick Tip: Tying the Half Hitch – Murray’s Fly Shop A simple knot to finish your fly is a Half Hitch. [...]

Fly Tying Tip: Metal Bobbin vs. Ceramic Bobbin – Murray’s Fly Shop Fly Tying Tip: Ceramic Bobbin vs. Metal Bobbin – Murray’s Fly [...]

At this time of the year many large bass select feeding stations along the shaded riverbanks well back under the over hanging limbs [...]

When I have a large trout come up to take my dry fly but refuses it I find that I can often catch [...]

Fly Tying Tip: Fly Tying with Barbell Eyes – Murray’s Fly Shop – Barbell Eyes provide a simple way to add weight and [...]

The best tactic I know for getting large nymphs  down close to the stream bottom in the deep runs for bass with a [...]

Fly Tying Tip: Tying the Murray’s Marauder – Bass & Trout Fly Pattern – Murray’s Fly Shop Fly Tying Tip: Tying the Murray’s [...]

The large trout become very wary as the stream levels drop late in the summer.  However, mastering these conditions and catching these trout [...]

Every day when we are on the river fly fishing for bass we keep an eye out for carp.  They are very wary [...]

My favorite form of trout fishing is going one on one with trout I spot on their feeding stations.  In order to become [...]

Fly Tying Tip: Using a Hair Evener for your Fly Tying – Murray’s Fly Shop – Learn to Tie Flies. Fly Tying Tip: [...]

Fly Tying Tip: Tying a Bass Fly- Murray’s Hellgrammmite – Murray’s Fly Shop Fly Tying Tip: Tying the Murray’s Hellgrammite Bass Fly – [...]

  The master trout angler Ed Hewitt developed the never sink Trout Skater Dry Flies many years ago for trout and Ed Shenk [...]

Fly fishing at night is an exceptionally exciting way to fish for smallmouth bass and it gives you a good chance to catch [...]

The low water levels we have in our rivers now cause the large bass to become very wary.  Since I fish almost everyday [...]

The capacity of each fly rod to set the hook on the size flies and tippet you use with that rod is very [...]

Now that we are in the season when you can expect to get into some large smallmouth bass let’s look at a few [...]

The surface bug fishing is excellent now with the Shenandoah Blue Popper.  However, many bass are feeding well on the small minnows along [...]

Over the years I’ve taken many trout on Inchworm patterns when they have passed up many standard flies.  I’ve seen these naturals bouncing [...]

The Switch Rod is a great rod for smallmouth fly fishing.  These range from 10 feet to 11 feet long and can be [...]

The trout streams are getting low and clear and the trout are very selective about taking our dry flies even when they match [...]

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Ed Shenk has taught me a great amount about trout fishing.  His insight of the natural foods that are available to these trout [...]

An angling friend who is a professional entomologist tells me that there are more than 300 beetle-like insects along our trout streams. This [...]

Catching large smallmouth bass consistently on the surface is governed by our ability to impart the specific bug action which is needed in [...]

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