Do you want to Learn to Tie your own Flies?
Do you want to learn to tie flies? You can as soon as tomorrow! We’re getting ready for tomorrow’s Fly Tying Class –
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Charlie Brooks
Charlie Brooks was a very special friend and when we fished together he always wanted me to catch big trout. His favorite way
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Natural Drift
Being able to bridge the fast currents in a small mountain trout stream is essential to getting a natural drag free drift with
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Soft Hackle
*During a hatch fish a soft hackle with a slow lifting action in the area you see trout swirling. *Just before a hatch
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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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