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Fly fishing in June for native brook trout

Fly Fishing in June

Shown are a few of the flies and powdered floatants we used in our Powdered floatant test in the Murray's Fly Shop Lab

Dry Fly Floatants Pt.2 – Powdered Floatant Video Comparison

Fly fishing with poppers for smallmouth bass

Fly Fishing with Poppers for Smallmouth Bass

Dry flies in water during a fly floatant test at Murray's Fly Shop Edinburg, Virginia

Best Fly Fishing Floatants Compared: Gink, Loon, High N Dry, SA & More

Fly fishing schools

Fly Fishing Schools at Murray’s Fly Shop

Fly fishing in June for native brook trout
Fly Fishing in June
Fly fishing in May for native brook trout
Fly Fishing in May for Trout and Bass

Fly Fishing for Trout Podcast Part II–Reading a Mountain Trout Stream

November 22, 2008May 6, 2018Harry
Fly Fishing for Trout Podcast Part II–Reading a Mountain Trout Stream. This Fly Fishing for Trout Podcast is about reading the water for [...]

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Black Friday Sale!!!!

November 21, 2008Harry
Check out our Black Friday Sale!!! Savings up to 20% plus special discounts on Flies. [...]

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Brooks In The Round

November 21, 2008Harry
When you are designing a new nymph reflect on the advice of past masters. My friend and tutor the late Charlie Brooks insisted [...]

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Does the Color of Clothing Affect Your Angling Success?

November 18, 2008Harry
From the time fish were fingerlings they learned to flee predators coming at them from above. I’ve seen both snakes and birds capture [...]

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Trout Podcast Part I – 11/15/08–Fly Fishing for Trout on small to medium size streams throughout North America

November 15, 2008May 6, 2018Harry
A discussion on Fly Fishing for Trout on small to medium size streams throughout North America. http://shenandoahfishing.murraysflyshop.com/AudioFiles/TroutPodcastPartI.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download [...]

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Smallmouth Lines

November 14, 2008Harry
I use 3 different fly lines for my smallmouth bass fishing. The weight forward floating bass bug taper line covers 80% of my [...]

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How Deep & How Slow?

November 11, 2008Harry
In the fall when the smallmouth rivers get cool many of the largest fish head for the deepest water they can find within [...]

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Stream Report 11/11/08

November 11, 2008March 5, 2017Harry
Virginia Shenandoah Valley Stream Report 11/11/08 https://blog.murraysflyshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/nov-11-2008-report.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS [...]

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Net or Not?

November 7, 2008Harry
In almost every case you can land your fish quicker and stress them less if you use a good small mesh soft landing [...]

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2009 Fly Fishing School Dates

November 6, 2008February 13, 2016Harry
We have had a lot of requests for the dates of our 2009 On The Stream Fly Fishing Schools so, here are the [...]

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Where Is the Trout Feeding?

October 31, 2008Harry
Evaluate the currents, the protected holding areas in the stream and the natural foods. The largest trout select feeding stations which will enable [...]

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Fall Trout Fishing Podcast Part I

October 25, 2008February 1, 2013Harry
http://shenandoahfishing.murraysflyshop.com/AudioFiles///TroutPodcastPartI.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS [...]

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Hop A Hopper

October 24, 2008Harry
When you are fishing a grasshopper pattern experiment with the fly-action. In some cases a dead drift is most productive while at other [...]

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Give Him the Butt

October 21, 2008Harry
When you hook a large hot fish don’t try to subdue him quickly by sticking your rod tip in the air and leaning [...]

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Brook In The Round

October 20, 2008Harry
When you are designing a new nymph reflect on the advice of past masters. My friend and tutor the late Charlie Brooks insisted [...]

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What’s He Feeding On?

October 16, 2008Harry
You see trout swirling and jumping all over the stream but they will not take any dry you show them. What’s wrong? These [...]

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Olives or Midges

October 9, 2008February 13, 2016Harry
In the winter you spot trout rising to feed on the surface. The insects are very small but you finally catch one so [...]

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Deice Your Fly Rod

October 7, 2008Harry
In the winter when your fly rod freezes in your guides you can often get in a few more weeks with this trick. [...]

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Go High

October 3, 2008Harry
In the spring if the mountain trout streams are high you can often find great fishing by hiking into the very heads of [...]

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If You Had One Cast

October 1, 2008Harry
To develop accuracy in reading mountain trout streams select ten consecutive pools. Allow yourself only one cast into each pool after evaluating the [...]

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MFS Stream Report 09-29

September 29, 2008February 13, 2016Harry
Bass and trout stream report for 09-29-2008 https://blog.murraysflyshop.comwp-content/uploads/2008/09/report-09-29.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS [...]

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Duct Tape

September 26, 2008Harry
I keep a small roll of this in the back of my vest for emergency repairs. Just some of it’s uses include: taping [...]

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Learn Trout on a Mountain Stream

September 23, 2008Harry
Small mountain trout streams are the best classrooms one can find for learning trout fishing. Here you will learn feeding stations, cautious approach, [...]

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Stuck Rod

September 19, 2008Harry
I’ve seen rods broken because excessive force was used to take a rod apart when the ferrules were stuck. Try to prevent this [...]

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Seeing Trout

September 16, 2008Harry
Spotting the trout on their feeding stations and going one on one with them is great fun. To locate these trout look for [...]

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Revive a Landed Fish

September 12, 2008Harry
1- Always land your fish as quickly as possible. 2- Lead him into your landing net. 3- Handle him very little. 4- Face [...]

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Two Worlds of Nymphing

September 9, 2008October 29, 2020Harry
“Swing Nymphing” is a great way to fish the deep runs on large trout streams and smallmouth rivers. Cast up and across the [...]

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2008 Closeouts & Discontinued Items

September 8, 2008September 19, 2021Harry
In the market for a bargain on a new Ross Fly Reel or a New St. Croix or Scott Fly Rod or perhaps [...]

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FF Report 9/6/08

September 6, 2008January 4, 2023Harry
https://blog.murraysflyshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/ff-report-9-6-08.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS [...]

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Dance A Skater

September 5, 2008Harry
From July until fall you often see smallmouth bass jumping from the river to grab adult damselflies as they buzz across the surface [...]

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Land More Fish

September 5, 2008Harry
Several years ago I did an extended study on the number of smallmouth bass I landed on barbless verses barbed flies….I landed 30 [...]

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Hatches & Wildflowers

September 2, 2008Harry
I’m constantly amazed how the hatches of mayflies coincide with the wildflowers in the spring. For example, when the dogwood is in bloom [...]

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Olvies

September 2, 2008Harry
“Don’t overlook the olives; just don’t overlook the little olvies.” This was the advice of the late Vince Marinaro as we discussed the [...]

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End of Summer – Go Fishing

August 30, 2008February 13, 2016Harry
As Labor Day quickly brings yet another great summer to a proverbial close… I think I will Go Fishing! The crowded rivers of [...]

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Fly Fishing Report 8/29/08

August 30, 2008January 4, 2023Harry
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Water Temperature on Small Feeders

August 28, 2008Harry
The water temperature of mountain trout streams is very important to the feeding habits of the trout. Early in the spring and late [...]

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Fish or Rock

August 28, 2008Harry
When you feel a bump as you fish your nymph or streamer deeply it could be the largest fish of the season. True, [...]

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Fall Fish

August 26, 2008August 26, 2008Harry
Some smallmouth anglers love fallfish while others curse them. However, if you are catching many large fallfish in a smallmouth river you are [...]

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Quick Bass Strike

August 26, 2008February 28, 2017Harry
A bass takes your surface bug the instant it lands on the river. This is great, but what is it telling you that [...]

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Shenandoah Valley Fishing Report with Harry

August 23, 2008January 4, 2023Harry
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It is Hopper Time for Smallmouth Bass

August 22, 2008February 28, 2017Harry
By August the natural grasshoppers are large enough to attract smallmouth bass. Fish a hopper pattern tight to the banks where you see [...]

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Natural Drift

August 22, 2008Harry
Frequently large trout in heavily fished streams refuse one’s dry fly because it is not drifting naturally on the surface. Mixed currents pull [...]

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Three Great Fish

August 19, 2008Harry
Some fine smallmouth rivers have large populations of rock bass, sunfish and smallmouth bass. It is definitely possible to catch one of each [...]

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Trick the Hatch Feeders

August 19, 2008Harry
You’re fishing a heavy trico or pseudocleon hatch and you’ve done pretty well with size 24 flies by matching the hatch. However, some [...]

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August 17, 2008January 28, 2018Harry
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Harry’s Fly Fishing Podcast 8/16/2008

August 16, 2008January 4, 2023Harry
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Strong Arm

August 15, 2008Harry
One of the worst problems that can confront a fly fisherman on a two week long fishing trip to a distant location is [...]

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Dying Minnows

August 15, 2008Harry
Many large smallmouth bass quickly grab a real dying minnow struggling on the surface of the river. I’ve had great success mimicking this [...]

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Fighting a Large Trout on a Grass Filled Spring Creek

August 12, 2008Harry
When you hook a large trout on a spring trout get downstream from him as quickly as possible and reel in all of [...]

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Flashing Fly Lines Can Scare Trout

August 12, 2008Harry
Trout are always wary of strange movements over the stream. From the time they were finglings they learned to flee from snakes and [...]

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