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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Good Sinkers
When tying streamers with which you plan to fish deeply keep them slim. Fat flies just don’t sink well. [...]
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 [...]
Color
Speaking of fishing discolored water as we were on the 13th, Vince Marinaro told me that he always caught more trout on dark [...]
“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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Delicate Strike
A gentle “slip strike” will save you many large trout as Jeff Murray shows In order to hook those midge feeding trout with [...]
Fall and Cooler Temperatures Trout Fishing
Jeff Murray likes this time of the year because the large trout feed well. Just remember the Brook Trout are well underway with [...]
Mini Smallmouth Bass Migration
Jeff Murray sets the hook on a large smallmouth bass that was holding in a deep pocket below a riffle he was fly [...]
Fly Fishing Chironomid Midges
The Mr. Rapidan Soft Hackle is a great fly to use when the trout are taking emerging midges. Many trout feed actively on [...]
Three Bass Fly Lines
Fly fishing at the water temperature we have in October (50’s) using the correct fly line wil help you catch the largest bass. [...]
Smallmouth’s Favorite Feeding Station
Big Bass Like the Shade When all of the other factors in a river are equal the largest smallmouths in the river will [...]
Trout Feeding Station
The largest trout will always hold on the best feeding station If you have a friend who is just getting into trout fishing [...]
Big Bass While Floating
When you are floating a river while bass fishing you have a good chance to catch some large bass. In order to land [...]
Smallmouth Tactics
For the past hour’s smallmouth flyfishing you just haven’t gotten the action you expected. You feel you need to change something but what? [...]
Great Fishing!!
Saturday evening after I closed the fly shop, I fished the North Fork of the Shenandoah River and had excellent action. In one [...]
Terrestrials for Trout
By this time of the season many terrestrial insects, especially the grasshoppers and crickets, are quite large and the large trout feed heavily [...]
Control the Drift
As the trout streams get low late in the season we know the trout become very wary. There is a natural tendency for [...]
Terrific Trout Fishing
September can provide some of the finest trout fishing of the whole year. The streams start cooling, there are good midge hatches, there [...]
Smallmouth Hexagenia
From the middle of September to the middle of October the huge Hexagenia mayflies hatch on the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. [...]
Wary Smallmouth
We now have great drift boats that permit us to stand in the front of the boats to cast while drifting the rivers. [...]
Better Trout Hooking
Here are four steps I use in order to improve the percentage of hooked trout when using size 22 and size 24 dry [...]
Catch Bass When They Are Off Guard
At this time of the year many large smallmouth feed at night. Here are some tactics which will help you. 1. Select a [...]
Cool Trout
At this time of the year the trout do not feed well in the warm water in Freestone Streams. Frequently you can catch [...]
Crescent Moon at Twilight
Early mornings spent flyfishing provide an outstanding opportunity for some spectacular scenery especially as fall nears. [...]
Trico Feeders
Large trout feeding on natural trico mayflies are very selective on the artificial flies they will take and the way they drift during [...]
Tough Smallmouth Bass Flyfishing
Years ago Charlie Brooks of West Yellowstone and I were experimenting with some new very large stonefly nymph patterns for large trout. When [...]
Grass Helps Part 2
Another way thick aquatic grassbeds can help our smallmouth fishing late in the summer is by the damming effect they have on the [...]
Grass Helps Part 1
The aquatic grassbeds in smallmouth rivers can help our fishing in many ways. For example, I recently waded up through a deep pool [...]
Fly Fishing for Big Smallmouth Bass
This time of the year that next strike might be from the largest bass you’ll move all year and you sure don’t want [...]
Stop and Impart Action
When you are fishing streamers across stream for trout or bass as you wade downstream stop and stand still before stripping your fly [...]
Smallmouth Bass & Trout Fly Fishing Report
In this podcast Harry Murray covers tactics which work well for him as the smallmouth bass rivers get low. These include: 1) Fishing [...]
New Hats just arrived
Our new Soft Crown Trucker Hats just arrived! [...]
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