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
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Crescent Moon at Twilight
Early mornings spent flyfishing provide an outstanding opportunity for some spectacular scenery especially as fall nears.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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New Hats just arrived
Our new Soft Crown Trucker Hats just arrived!
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Be ready for strikes flyfishing for Smallmouth Bass
Frequently a large smallmouth bass will strike your fly the second it lands on the river. In order to be able to set
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Wading with Studded Boots
Metal studs on wading shoes are a great help on large streams such as the Shenandoah River and Yellowstone River. However, they do
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Natural Drift
When one is fishing dry flies in the small 18 to 24 sizes it is often very difficult to discern why the trout
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Smallmouth Bass on Hoppers and a Fly Rod
By this time of the summer the natural grasshoppers, crickets, and cicadas are large enough to attract the large smallmouth bass. In fact,
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Bass in the Pool Tail
The smallmouth bass rivers are now low and the bass are very wary. However, they still need to feed. This opens the door
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Mountain Trout
Many brook trout are feeding on the surface to the good hatches we have now so take advantage of each riser you see.
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Trico Fishing Part 3
So far we’ve seen how to fool the trico feeders by going early and staying late and how to use one method of
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A good reason to flyfish on top!
Good Monday morning to all. Planning to hit your favorite Smallmouth Bass river with a fly rod and a box of poppers? Go
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Dobsonfly Eggs
Dobsonfly Eggs on the rocks and leaves in and overhanging the rivers means one thing; the Hellgrammite Nymphs are active and the Smallmouth
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Trico Fishing Part 2
Earlier we talked about how to fool the trico feeders by getting to the streams early and staying late. Now let’s cover some
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Trico Fishing Part 1
Many brown trout streams now have good trico hatches. When the brown trout lock onto the heavy part of this hatch they can
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Never Too Young!
Those trout don’t have a chance!
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Light Drag
When I have large brown trout taking small flies on 7X and 8X leaders I set my reel drag as light as possible…just
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Spooked Trout
You are fishing dry flies up a beautiful brooke trout stream and you spot a brook trout rising regularly to take naturals from
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Trout Level
We have a situation in our mountain brook trout streams in Virginia that I have not encountered in 40 years of fishing these
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Get Ready for the Next Pool
When you are fishing dry flies on a mountain brook trout stream what is the last thing you should do when you finish
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Seeing Trout
The brook streams are now low enough and clear enough to bring about my favorite form of trout fishing…spotting them on their feeding
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Bass in Shade
The best smallmouth flyfishing at this time of the year is often found in the shady parts of the rivers. An easy way
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Mayfly Sulphur
The back door of my home beside Stoney Creek is presently covered with Sulphur Mayflies.
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May we never forget – God Bless
“Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends”. In remembrance of all who gave the
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Snakes
The rattlesnakes and copperheads are starting to come out along our brook trout streams. Although they are not going to keep me from
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Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing Podcast 5-22-12
Listen to Harry Murray’s Podcast discussion on Fly Fishing for Smallmouth Bass from late May through early summer. Harry discusses stream conditions, smallmouth
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Bounce Retrieve Fly Fishing Technique
We seldom consider fishing streamers in mountain brook trout streams, but here is a technique that is very successful for me on the
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Smallmouth Bass in the Bank Bays
We are coming into the stream conditions when you can catch some large smallmouth bass in the “bank bays”. These are those 2
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NEVER TOO OLD TO FLYFISH!!!!
William Downey at age 99 draws on his experience from 80 years of trout fishing for brookies in the Shenandoah National Park and
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North and South Fork Shenandoah River Fly Fishing Report
The North Fork of the Shenandoah River is currently in great shape at Strasburg, VA but upstream from Edinburg, VA to Fulks Run, VA there is
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Fly Fishing the Sulphur mayfly hatch
The sulphur mayflies are coming off well now and the trout are feeding on both the nymphs and the adult (dun and spinner).
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Mountain Trout Fly Fishing Tactics May 2012 Podcast
In this Podcast Harry Murray discusses Fly Fishing Tactics for Trout in the streams of the Shenandoah Valley including the Shenandoah National Park
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Wildflowers
A wonderful fringe benefit of trout fishing for brookies in the Shenandoah National Park is the beauty of the wildflowers along the streams.
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Mountain Trout Fly Fishing Tactics May 2012 Podcast
In this Podcast Harry Murray discusses Mountain Trout Fly Fishing Tactics and the effective flies from early May until early summer for 2012.
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Big Bass
Last night I caught my largest bass of the year just as it was getting dark. If you are considering fishing for smallmouth
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Little Yellow Stoneflies
I’m starting to see many natural little yellow stonefly adults on our streams and trout take these insects well and thus will take
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Sweep a Bass Streamer
Here is a smallmouth bass technique I use often at this time of the year when the rivers are high but reasonable clear.
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Feeding Stations
There are now good hatches of aquatic insects on our mountain trout streams and the trout are coming up well to feed on
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Hatches
It is important to know the specific mayflies that will be hatching as the season progresses so you know which fly with which
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Good Bass Water Level
The North Fork of the Shenandoah is starting to drop back to fishable levels, but they are still carrying a great amount of
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Trout Pools
Many of our best stocked trout streams in Virginia such as Big Stoney, Mill Creek and the Bullpasture have gotten very high from
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Fly Fishing Bass in the Eddies
My son, Jeff, and I fished the North Fork of the Shenandoah River close to Edinburg, Va before the rain on Wednesday. The
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