What Streams to Fly Fish in January?
“What streams can I fly fish in the winter months?” There are many large trout streams and delayed harvest sections throughout Virginia and
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Harry’s Article “Murray’s Hellgrammite”
A good friend, Dave, from Anchorage, AK recently came across the December 1985 Issue of Flyfishing Magazine while cleaning out a file cabinet.
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Fly Fishing in December
Trout Fishing When fly fishing in December, I like to look for the springs along the trout streams. These play an important part
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Fly Fishing in November Podcast
What can you expect when fly fishing in November? In todays podcast I will be discussing the trout and bass fishing in the
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Murray’s Fly Fishing Schools 2020
This year (2020) with some adjustments because of COVID we were still able to conduct our Fly Fishing Schools. Each spring starting in
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Fly Fishing in October Podcast
Throughout Virginia and the surrounding states the DWR are taking advantage of the cool streams to start stocking many large trout. This provides
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Fishing in September
The major aquatic insect hatches are over. Therefore the trout are feeding heavily on the terrestrial insects, which can provide some excellent trout
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Fly Fishing in August
Fly fishing on the trout streams can be tough as the streams are low and the trout are wary. The primary goal we
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Fly Fishing in July
In today’s podcast I am going to discuss fly fishing in July on the mountain trout streams and the smallmouth bass rivers. July
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Fishing the Shenandoah Popper Series
During the summer I enjoy fishing the Shenandoah Popper Series on many sections of the North and South Fork of the Shenandoah River.
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Fly Fishing in June
Fly fishing in June in Virginia can be wonderful on both the mountain trout streams and the smallmouth rivers. The Shenandoah National Park
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Fishing the Murray’s Hellgrammite
In this video, Harry Murray discusses how the Murray’s Hellgrammite came into existence in the late 1960’s. Harry also describes how, where and
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Plenty of Rain 5-22-2020
Up to 2″ of rain fell overnight across the Shenandoah Valley. The result is a lot of extra water in the Shenandoah River.
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Murray’s Hand Tied Leaders
Do you need leaders or are you interested in our Leader Building Kits? Check out our Leader Collection. We have hand tied leaders
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Sulphur Fly
The sulphur mayflies are on now and provide outstanding fishing even if they are frustrating at times. The duns start coming off in
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Mr. Rapidan Family of Flies
Harry Murray discusses the Mr. Rapidan Family of Flies in this video. He discusses inventing the Mr. Rapidan Dry in the late 1960’s
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Learn to fly fish the Murray’s Crayfish Fly
Harry Murray describes when, where and how to fish the Murray’s Crayfish Fly. Harry discusses how to analyze your strategy and make changes
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Fly Fishing in May
Fly fishing in May can be wonderful on both the mountain trout streams and the smallmouth rivers. As the stream levels drop and
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Reading a Pool in Mountain Trout Streams
Reading the water, from saltwater flats to rivers to tiny mountain streams, is a skill honed from years of practice getting it wrong.
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Shenandoah National Park Access Updates
Update as of 4/24/2020 The entire Shenandoah National Park is CLOSED.From the SNP website: This is a complete closure! No hiking, no biking, no entry
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Shadow
Be careful with your shadow! Note how the anglers head and shoulders cast a shadow on the pool in front of him. This
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Fly Fishing in April
There are many things happening on our streams to provide some wonderful fly fishing in April. In this podcast I will be covering
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Trout Leader
Since I design all of our hand tied knotted leaders for specific purposes, I have designed four trout leaders to meet different needs.
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Fly Fishing Stream Report
Yesterday I took a few hours to check the native brook trout streams so I wanted to give you an updated stream report.
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Streamers for Trout
In March there are many large trout in the delayed harvest streams and large trout streams. The most effective way to catch these
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Backpacking Virginia’s Trout Streams
Virginia’s trout anglers are blessed with many trout streams which provide great trout fishing while backpacking. I just glanced through my books Virginia
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Flies to Use in March
March is a busy month for the serious trout angler in the mountain streams. It is also the time of the year that
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Tying an Epeorus Pleuralis
When I started trying to identify the aquatic insects, such as the Epeorus pleuralis, in the Shenandoah National Park, I was very fortunate
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Seeing Trout
One of my favorite forms of fly fishing for wild trout in mountain streams is seeing trout on their feeding stations then going
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Read A Rise
A trout can trick you with his rise. My fishing partner, William Downey, was the finest partner one could have and a life-long
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Fly Fishing in February Podcast
Today I am going to discuss fly fishing in February for large trout on our delayed harvest areas and large trout streams. During
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Tying Bass Streamers
The smallmouth streamers with which I catch most of my bass are flies I’ve developed myself. I grew up on the North Fork
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Deer Hair Bugs
I really do enjoy fishing deer hair bass bugs in the summer for smallmouth bass. Sometimes the bass hit it with a loud
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Fly Fishing in January
Fly Fishing for Trout Many of our delayed harvest trout streams such as Back Creek and Passage Creek have exceptionally good midge fly
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Three Nymph Rig for Delayed Harvest Trout
The large trout in our streams feed heavily on natural caddis larva, natural stonefly nymphs and natural mayfly nymphs. In order to take
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Smart Smallmouth Bass
I sent Charlie Brooks some stonefly nymphs I was developing for the Madison River. Before I arrived in September, I wanted him to
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The Grass
When you hook a large trout on Armstrong, Nelsons, or the Letort, it often tries to dive into the aquatic grass in the
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Where to Stand?
Streamer Fishing Deciding where to stand to make a presentation cast is extremely important. When I’m doing my streamer fly fishing seminars I
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Fly Lines– Terminology
We are very fortunate to have a broad selection of sinking fly lines by many manufacturers. These lines are all excellent, well-made lines
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Fly Fishing in December
Fly Fishing for Bass A good friend routinely goes bass fly fishing in December. He catches large bass in the sections of the
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Where to Fish
Late one August evening I waded across the South Fork of the Shenandoah River just downstream from Luray. I was headed toward one
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Popular Trout Fly
Two of the older gentlemen in my advanced college fly tying classes came to me with a request. A dry fly that floats
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Three Casts
For trout fishing on small/medium size streams, I use three casts to reach my goal of accuracy, delicacy, and natural drifts. In order
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Close Friends
I worked in Jake Sheetz’s custom furniture shop in Edinburg, Virginia from the time I was 10 years old until I was 15.
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Fly Fishing in November
Bass Fishing in November The cooling rivers prompt the smallmouth bass to head for the deeper sections of the rivers. They still need
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The Three Charlies
The master anglers with whom one fishes often opens doors to angling experiences far beyond the basic rewards we may find on our
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