Wading Safety – Carry a Good Knife on the Water
Entanglement! Water
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Late Day Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing
Late in the day when the sun gets below the horizon many large smallmouth bass move down onto the tails of the pools
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Wading Stick and Wading Safety
When wading across a fast river that can cut your feet out from under you it is wise to use a wading staff.
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Mildew and your Fly Fishing Gear
How do you know when to wash your fly rod sac and replace the backing on your fly fishing reel? A quick, easy
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Fly Fishing: Sweep A Streamer
Earlier we covered how to catch large brown trout in the riffles at this time of the year (late fall/ winter). Today let’s
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Stay Warm
I am often asked if we need neoprene waders to stay warm when fishing in cold weather. I don’t. I just use my
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Merry Christmas 2011
We wish everyone a Merry Christmas. May God Bless each of you, your families and friends. Be safe.
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Sunrise over the Massanutten Mountains and Edinburg Gap
This morning the clouds are clearing out after yesterday’s rain and leaving behind a beautiful sunrise in Edinburg, VA.
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Fly Fishing Deep Trout
Previously we discussed how to fish deeply with a floating line using streamers with a “sweeping a streamer” technique. This is very effective
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Simply Stated
Three basic steps will help you master those tough trout that are rising out in front of you. 1. Use a fly that
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Fly Fishing: Made in the USA
Are you looking for fly fishing products which are made in the USA? We are pleased that many of our products are made
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Use Seargent York’s Tactic
Before you is a pod of trout rising regularly to feed on the surface and if you are careful you can catch several
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Winterize your Fly Fishing Equipment
Winterize your Fly Fishing Equipment Podcast Winterize your Fly Fishing Equipment Podcast – Listen in as Harry Murray discusses winterizing fly fishing tackle to
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Don’t Shoot into the Covey
When your dog goes on point and you put up a covey of quail you seldom hit anything if you blast into the
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Frosty Mornings
This morning on the bank of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River near Edinburg, VA.
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Ownership of Virginia’s Rivers in the Courts
Help Protect Your Right To Use And Enjoy Virginia’s Rivers VirginiaRiversDefenseFund.org The history: A civil suit in Alleghany County, VA could set a
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Fly Fishing Special Report for the Shenandoah Valley
1.98″ of rain in downtown Edinburg has the North Fork and South Fork of the Shenandoah River high, muddy and un-fishable as of
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Harry Murray’s Discussion on Winterizing Fly Fishing Tackle
This Fly Fishing Podcast covers an often neglected aspect in fly fishing: Winterizing your fly fishing tackle. As the season is winding down
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Can You See Your Fly?
There is a good hatch of aquatic insects on the stream and the trout are feeding well upon them. You catch several of
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Didymo: Jackson River, VA Tailwater
Educate yourself about invasive species. It is every angler’s responsibility to know how to prevent the spread of invasive species and for those
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Sharp Hooks but not too big
If you tie your own nymphs and streamers take a lesson from the late Charlie Brooks as I did many years ago. The
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Sore Arm
If you are heading out on a fishing trip for several weeks get your arm in shape before you leave. Swinging a hammer
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Busted Rod
Loop to loop connections between the fly line and the leader are fine. Just be sure to keep them as smooth as possible.
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Missed Strikes
When you are fishing for bass with surface bugs and miss six strikes in a row check your bug. There is a chance
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Fixed Goof
When you are standing in the middle of a river and a gust of wind causes your fly line to form a knot
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Winter Fly Fishing Workshop: Mastering Nymph Fishing for Trout
Fly Fishing with Nymphs is one of the most productive methods of taking trout throughout the country and around the world. Using a
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Double Hex
When you are fishing the Hexagenia hatch if you see splashy rises when the duns start coming off the fish may be taking
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Switch Rod Saver
Many smallmouth streams have stretches where we are kept close to a tree lined river bank by deep water. Here casting is difficult
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Large Bass
Large smallmouth bass frequently do not feed heavily in the bright sunny conditions we have now. However, you can get good action by
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Rod Pointer
Being able to see trout on their feeding stations in the stream and fishing to each one individully is one of the most
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Quick Water
Three inches of rain in two days can raise the water level in mountain trout streams, but if the water temperature is between
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Back of My Jeep
If you fish in remote areas on bad roads, having the right equipment may get you out of bad situations. Here is what
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Vince was Right
One of my angling heroes, the late Vince Marinaro, taught me a technique many years ago that enabled me to catch a large
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Pump Action
Thirty years ago a good friend in Montana showed me a technique that was very effective for him which enabled him to catch
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Safe Trout
Most serious anglers return all of their fish to the stream so they will survive to challenge us again. Here are some steps
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Double Rig
On our largest trout streams many anglers believe they catch their largest trout with streamers which mimic minnows and rely on flies such
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Snake Knocker
When I’m walking through deep weeds or laurel so thick I can’t see where I’m stepping I use a “Snake Knocker” in country
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Brooks Lob
The late Charlie Brooks of West Yellowstone, MT showed me a great casting trick which I named the “Brooks Lob” which is a
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Hellgrammites
The natural hellgrammites in their third year are reaching full size with some of them almost four inches long. They are now at
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Trout Techniques
As the trout streams get low the trout become wary. In order to prevent scaring these fish one is often tempted to make
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Read A Smallmouth River
“Reading a smallmouth river” accurately is the best way to catch large bass consistently. When we teach this in our on the stream
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Setting the Hook
When I get a strike from a trout taking a size 18 dry fly I can hook him securely by gently lifting the
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