Fishers in Western Virginia
While you are out enjoying your favorite trout stream or hiking a beautiful trail be on the look out for fishers. Once thought
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Fly Fishing Schools
Now is the time to sign up for our “On the Stream” Trout and Smallmouth Bass Schools while you can choose the dates
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Line Hand Retrieve
A line hand retrieve is a valuable skill to master. From ponds and lakes to heavy river streamer runs there are times when
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Go Right but Light
When you are planning a smallmouth fishing trip early in the season for large bass when the rivers are cold and full give
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Beautiful evening on the North Fork
A beautiful day in the Shenandoah Valley seemed fitting for a bit of time on the North Fork of the Shenandoah River near Edinburg,
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Learn to Cast a Fly Rod
Learn to Cast a Fly Rod (or brush up on your skills) perfect your double haul, steeple cast, slack line mend, puddle cast
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One Fly?
I don’t believe any one fly will meet all of my dry fly needs. However, when I consider that the Mr. Rapidan Parachute
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Step Carefully
At this time of the year many brook trout eggs are still in their beds so be very careful where you wade.
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February 9, 2013 Workshop: Fly Fishing for Trout
Do you fly fish? Do you want to fly fish for trout? In the Fly Fishing for Trout Workshop we will discuss fly
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Handle Gently
When releasing trout back into the streams in the winter be sure to handle them gently.
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Fly Fishing Workshop: Smallmouth Popper Logic Feb.2.2013
Fly Fishing Strikes 2009 from Murray's Fly Shop on Vimeo. Do you love catching smallmouth bass on poppers? Does the mention of the
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Fall in Bag
I always keep a complete change of clothes in a small duffel bag in the back seat of my Jeep. These often come
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Cold Finger Knots
Learn simple knots which are easy to use in cold weather when your hands are cold. For example, I find it easier to
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Ferrule Jam
I once over-dressed a ferrule on a graphite rod at home during the winter, then as the air temperature dropped during the day
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Double Shot
Great midge hatches during the winter often prompt many trout to feed actively. Since some go for the emergers while others go for
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Deep Trout
On large trout streams many trout feed deeply during the winter and fishing a large streamer on a fast sinking head line will
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Cress Bugs
During the winter many trout feed heavily on cress bugs. To find the areas in the streams which hold these naturals look for
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Cold Feet
For winter fly fishing I use waders with one or two size larger shoes than normal. These permit me to wear heavy wool
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Cold Weather Fishing
A simple way to keep warm when fly fishing in the winter even when using all of the latest coats and rain coats
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Switch Rods
For many years we’ve had great success using switch rods for smallmouth bass. These provide much better drag control, distance, nymph strike detection,
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Sparce Tail
Last fall I was fishing a very heavy beatis mayfly hatch with a new dry fly of the type which had been working
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Trout on Nymphs anyone?
How much weight is enough? How much weight is too much? Nymphs or Streamers in that run on the other side of this
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Big Stony Creek, Edinburg, VA
Looking a lot like Winter as I look out over Big Stony Creek from my office window. Currently I diligently work on copy
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Winter Workshop: Exploring the Fine Points of Dry Fly Fishing for Trout
Do you like catching Trout on #22 Midges or #16 Dry Flies? Join us December 29, 2012 from 10:00am – Noon at the
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Gear Repair: Broken Snake Guide on your Fly Rod
By an unexplained accident I broke a snake guide off my fly rod on a 3 week trip into the Rockies. Fortunately, I
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Fly Tying Tip: Strong Thread
Murray’s Red Head If you have trouble breaking your tying thread when you are spinning the hair on you deer hair bass bugs
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Fly Fishing Workshop – Mastering Dry Fly Fishing for Bass
Did you know the North and South Fork of the Shenandoah both have outstanding Hexagenia Hatches late in the evening for about three
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Deer Hair Bug vs Hard Head Bugs
Tapply Bug, Black & Yellow Deer Hair surface bass bugs are great. Many bass hold onto them longer than poppers thus enabling us
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Water Type
When I can’t figure out why I’m not catching as many smallmouths as I think I should, rather than change from one fly
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From last week’s Warm-Up – Strip SLOW
Winter fishing on a 70 degree day. A slowly stripped, seriously overweight Madtom was just too much for this bass, and several others,
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Bass Surface Bug Action
Shenandoah Sunfish When you are purchasing bass surface bugs remember that the shape of the bug and the cut of the face is
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Hackle Quality
I firmly believe that the quality of the hackle on a dry fly is more important than the color. When I started tying
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Poor Hookers
Floating Chub When tying deer hair bugs for surface fishing for bass be sure to trim the stomach closely in order to get
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Black Friday Sale Specials
Here are our Black Friday Sale Specials. Happy Thanksgiving! FREE Standard Shipping on all orders! $1-$25 =10% discount $25.01-$50 = 15% discount $50.01-$100
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Good Sinkers
When tying streamers with which you plan to fish deeply keep them slim. Fat flies just don’t sink well.
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How Late for Smallmouth?
Many of you ask me how late in the season I fish for bass. My honest answer is that I keep going until
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Color
Speaking of fishing discolored water as we were on the 13th, Vince Marinaro told me that he always caught more trout on dark
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“With a Little Bit of Mud”
When I started fishing the Yellowstone River in the seventies one of my angling heroes always went fishing when it was raining. He
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Thank you to all of our Veterans
To all of our Veterans and those currently serving our great country, may God Bless each of you and your families. Thank you,
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Swimming Streamers
When wading down a river and fishing streamers it is wise to stop wading when you are stripping it in. Otherwise it is
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Late Fall Smallmouth Bass
The water temperatures on the Shenandoah River are dipping somewhere south of 50 degrees but the Smallmouth Bass are willing to eat if
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Beatis Hatch
The beatis is a wonderful hatch and many large trout feed on them. The Beatis mayflies are hatching now in our rich trout
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Big Bass Flies
Knowing large bass want a big mouthful, Harry likes to use large flies. Big bass hunting at this time of the year prompts
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North Fork of the Shenandoah River near Edinburg, VA
I snapped this shot of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River on October 25, 2012 near Edinburg, VA. Fall is definitely here.
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Improve Midge Hooking
Jeff Murray enjoys fishing midges all across the country. There are three steps I use when fishing size 24 midges which help me
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Secure Knots
Check your leader and fly knots regularly to be ready for that large bass. Since this is a great time of the year
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