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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
Flies of Yesteryear Blog- Murray's Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia

Flies of Yesteryear

January 16, 2018Harry
Flies of Yesteryear Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia Many of you have asked me for more information on some of the flies [...]

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A brown fishing fly lure with a bushy tail and a round body, designed for angling.

Murray’s Stonecat Streamer

January 11, 2018September 3, 2024Harry
Murray’s Stonecat Streamer Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop In my country most anglers call these madtoms. Some anglers know them as stonecats. These are [...]

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Winter fly fishing

Wintertime Fish Consideration

January 8, 2018January 7, 2018Jeff
Fishing and fish in cold weather: Do you fish all year in areas where the thermometer drops below freezing? If you answered yes, [...]

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Olive-colored fly fishing lure with feathers and a textured body attached to a hook.

Murray’s Sculpin Marauder

January 6, 2018March 9, 2023Harry
Murray’s Sculpin Marauder Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop When I was a kid growing up on the North Fork, I seined spring minnows to [...]

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Design a Fly

Designing Flies Podcast

January 3, 2018January 28, 2018Harry
Designing Flies Podcast by Harry Murray January 2018 Happy New Year! Since the weather is so cold at this time of the year, [...]

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Montana Sunset

Happy New Year!

December 31, 2017November 28, 2017Jeff
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Two fishing flies on hooks, one brown and one green, displayed side by side.

NEW Murray’s Bass Dragonfly Dry (Brown & Olive)

December 30, 2017Harry
NEW Murray’s Bass Dragonfly Dry (Brown & Olive) Blog-Murray’s Fly Shop From June until September most smallmouth bass rivers produce great numbers of [...]

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Close-up view of a trout fish with distinctive markings and bubbles on its surface underwater.

Thankful for the opportunity

December 28, 2017November 28, 2017Jeff
Thankful and grateful for the opportunity. [...]

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South Fork Shenandoah River

Merry Christmas

December 24, 2017November 28, 2017Jeff
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Tranquil spot on the Shenandoah River near Edinburg, Virginia

Tranquil Montana Sunset

December 22, 2017November 28, 2017Jeff
A tranquil Rocky Mountain river during the last minutes of daylight. [...]

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A blue damselfly dry fly with synthetic materials and a hook for fishing.

New Murray’s Bass Blue Damselfly Dry Fly

December 21, 2017Harry
New Murray’s Bass Blue Damselfly Dry Fly Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop Last summer many of you asked me to develop a very durable [...]

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Blue Ridge Mountains

Shenandoah Valley Blue Ridge Mountains

December 18, 2017November 28, 2017Jeff
The last rays of sunshine on the oak trees of a non descript Shenandoah Valley ridge. [...]

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Calm water surface displaying circular ripples and reflections.

Rise Form

December 14, 2017Harry
Rise Form Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia Vince Marinaro taught me a great deal about the trout’s rise form. Suppose you are [...]

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Shenandoah National Park Tranquility

Tranquility in the Shenandoah National Park

December 13, 2017November 28, 2017Jeff
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Aerial view of the heart of Bristol Bay, AK

Tranquil Kenai River

December 8, 2017November 28, 2017Jeff
Tranquil view of the Kenai Mountains and the Kenai River near Sterling, Alaska [...]

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Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Tranquil Spring in the Blue Ridge Mountains

December 5, 2017November 27, 2017Jeff
Tranquility – Take a break from the hustle of the holidays and enjoy. [...]

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What the Trout Sees Blog- Murray's Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia

What the Trout Sees

December 4, 2017Harry
What the Trout Sees Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia Vince Marinaro developed flies which looks as much as possible like the real [...]

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River bank in Alaska's Bristol bay

September Sunset – Bristol Bay Alaska

December 1, 2017November 27, 2017Jeff
Tranquil September Sunset – Bristol Bay Alaska [...]

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Trout Fly Fishing Podcast

Fly Fishing Podcast-December 2017

November 30, 2017September 29, 2024Harry
Fly Fishing Podcast for December 2017 by Harry Murray Trout Fishing This months fly fishing podcast includes a detailed discussion on the trout [...]

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Close-up of R.L. Winston Rod Co. fishing rod handle with cork grip and black reel seat.

Winston Kairos Fly Rod

November 27, 2017February 10, 2021Harry
Winston Kairos Fly Rod- Murray’s Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia The NEW Winston Kairos Fly Rods are in and I have tested them extensively. [...]

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Summertime in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia

Tranquil Summer Morning on the Shenandoah River

November 27, 2017November 27, 2017Jeff
The holidays are upon us.  Enjoy our series of “Tranquil” scenes over the next few weeks.  Here, a beautiful Summer morning on the [...]

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A person's hand holding a trout partially submerged in clear water.

Save That Trout

November 21, 2017Harry
Save That Trout Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia I had three friends who had great intentions of returning their very large trout [...]

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Stop Twisted Smallmouth Bass Leaders While Fly Fishing

Stop Twisted Smallmouth Bass Leaders While Fly Fishing

November 14, 2017September 10, 2023Harry
Stop Twisted Smallmouth Bass Leaders While Fly Fishing When the tippet of your smallmouth bass leader gets twisted, it can easily form small [...]

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Thank you Veterans God Bless

Thank you to each and every Veteran!

November 11, 2017November 27, 2017Jeff
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Fly Fishing Podcast for November

Fly Fishing Podcast–November 2017

November 1, 2017October 26, 2017Harry
Fly Fishing Podcast for November 2017 by Harry Murray In my fly fishing podcast for November I discuss the trout fishing you can [...]

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Out With The Old Tippet Material Blog- Murray's Fly Shop

Out With the Old Tippet Material

October 31, 2017September 10, 2023Harry
Out With The Old Tippet Material Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop Each year I like to replace all of my tippet material. This includes [...]

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Late Season Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing Blog- Murray's Fly Shop

Late Season Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing

October 23, 2017Harry
Late Season Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop The back eddies that form below the riffles on the side of the [...]

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Set The Hook With A Slip Strike Blog- Murray's Fly Shop

Set The Hook With A Slip Strike

October 16, 2017Harry
Set The Hook With A Slip Strike Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop When I am fishing trout streams such as Nelson’s in Montana where [...]

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Barbless Hooks Blog- Murray's Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia

Barbless Hooks

October 9, 2017September 29, 2024Harry
Barbless Hooks Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia Thirty years ago Virginia Game & Inland Fisheries closed the South Fork of the Shenandoah [...]

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The Best Five Flies for Late Season Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing

The Best Five Flies for Late Season Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing

October 2, 2017September 3, 2024Harry
The Best Five Flies for Late Season Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing- Murray’s Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia. Fly Fishing Virginia. Each year we find [...]

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Harry Murray's Podcast on Fly Fishing in October

Fly Fishing in October Podcast

October 1, 2017October 29, 2020Harry
Fly Fishing in October Podcast by Harry Murray Fly Fishing in October for trout Since the brook trout are spawning in October, November, [...]

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Enjoy The Challenge of Fly Fishing for Smallmouth Bass at Night

Enjoy The Challenge of Fly Fishing for Smallmouth Bass at Night

September 25, 2017Harry
I enjoy the challenge of fly fishing for smallmouth bass at night because I often catch some large bass. Choosing sections of the [...]

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Fly Fishing Tips for September

Fly Fishing Tips

September 20, 2017April 22, 2018Harry
Fly Fishing Tips (Questions & Answers) Podcast by Harry Murray September 2017 This months fly fishing tips podcast includes tips on keeping your [...]

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The Best Time for Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing on the North or South Fork

The Best Time for Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing on the North or South Fork

September 18, 2017May 24, 2024Harry
The Best Time for Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing on the North or South Fork Smallmouth bass feed the heaviest in low light levels. [...]

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Close-up of a fish with a blue lure in its mouth, partially submerged in water.

How To Fish The Famous Shenandoah Blue Popper

September 12, 2017May 24, 2024Harry
How To Fish The Famous Shenandoah Blue Popper For the last several weeks I have been catching many smallmouth bass along the shaded [...]

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Fly fishing rod with a cork handle resting on a bed of autumn leaves in shallow water.

Fly Rod and Reel Resting Against a Tree

September 5, 2017Harry
If you see a nice fly rod and reel resting against a tree at a popular access point and there is no other [...]

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Podcast on Fly Fishing in September

Fly Fishing in September

August 31, 2017April 22, 2018Harry
Harry Murray’s Fly Fishing in September Podcast Trout Fly Fishing Fly fishing in September can be tricky due to the low and clear [...]

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Trout Fishing walk in

Fishing To Get Away From Crowds of Fly Fishing Anglers

August 29, 2017Harry
Fishing To Get Away From Crowds of Fly Fishing Anglers Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop There are several tactics I use when fishing to [...]

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Nymphing for large trout - learning from the originator

Two or Three Nymph Rig Systems

August 22, 2017August 27, 2017Harry
Two or Three Nymph Rig Systems Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop Charlie Brooks of West Yellowstone got me into fishing two or three nymph [...]

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Fly Fishing Tips on Trout Fishing

Fly Fishing Tips August 2017

August 17, 2017December 1, 2022Harry
Fly Fishing Tips from Harry Murray Listen to Harry Murray’s Fly Fishing Tips where he will be discussing various trout and bass tips. [...]

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Smallmouth Bass Flies for late Summer in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia

My Three Favorite Smallmouth Bass Flies

August 15, 2017October 29, 2020Harry
My Three Favorite Smallmouth Bass Flies Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop In order to get good smallmouth bass fishing with underwater flies I like [...]

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Good Nymph Fisherman Blog- Murray's Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia

Good Nymph Fisherman

August 7, 2017August 27, 2017Harry
Good Nymph Fly Fisherman Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia I have a friend who is an especially good nymph fisherman. Whether we [...]

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Fly Fishing in August

Fly Fishing in August

August 3, 2017August 27, 2017Harry
Fly Fishing in August Podcast by Harry Murray This podcast, Harry discusses the fly fishing in August for both bass and trout, techniques, [...]

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Three Ways to Fish Streamers on Large Rivers Blog- Murray's Fly Shop

Three Ways to Fish Streamers on Large Rivers

August 1, 2017August 27, 2017Harry
Three Ways to Fish Streamers on Large Rivers Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop When Ray Hurley, my Yellowstone River Guide of 17 years, and [...]

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The Best Five Flies for Fishing Large Trout Streams in the Summer & Fall

July 27, 2017December 1, 2022Harry
The Best Five Flies for Fishing Large Trout Streams in the Summer & Fall I like to cover the spectrum of fly needs [...]

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The Best Five Smallmouth Bass Flies for Summer Fly Fishing

July 24, 2017August 27, 2017Harry
I am very confident that these five smallmouth bass flies will give me excellent fly fishing in 2017 from July until October. This [...]

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The Five Best Flies for Mountain Trout Streams for Summer and Fall

The Five Best Flies for Mountain Trout Streams for Summer and Fall

July 21, 2017December 1, 2022Harry
The Five Best Flies for Mountain Trout Streams for Summer and Fall This list has been carefully refined and gave us great mountain [...]

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Fly Fishing Tips July 2017

July 20, 2017August 27, 2017Harry
Fly Fishing Tips Podcast by Harry Murray Today I would like to discuss some fly fishing tips that I have learned over the [...]

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My Three Effective Hard Head Smallmouth Bass Bugs

July 17, 2017February 23, 2024Harry
My Three Effective Hard Head Smallmouth Bass Bugs: (1) The Shenandoah Chugger has a fat body with a deeply cut face with which [...]

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Smallmouth Bass River Float Trips

July 10, 2017August 27, 2017Harry
Smallmouth Bass River Float Trips Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop Smallmouth bass river float trips can be very productive and a great amount of [...]

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June Trout Fly Special includes 16 flies that I wi June Trout Fly Special includes 16 flies that I will be using on the native brook trout streams over the next month.  For a limited time. Special $45
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The Shenandoah River is in great shape and the sma The Shenandoah River is in great shape and the smallmouth fly fishing is taking off.  See our latest report for fly recommendations. Report for June 4, 2025
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The water levels on the stocked trout streams and The water levels on the stocked trout streams and the native brook trout streams are ideal. Plan to explore some different areas this weekend. See our latest stream report with fly recommendations for June 4, 2025
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The Murray's Mountain Trout Fly Rod is one of our The Murray's Mountain Trout Fly Rod is one of our most popular fly rods designed for fishing the small native brook trout streams. It is 6'10" 3-weight in 3pcs and made exclusively for us by Scott Fly Rod Company.  Learn more by watching our video
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Great visibility on the North Fork and the South F Great visibility on the North Fork and the South Fork of the #ShenandoahRiver  Both forks are very full for wading but nearly perfect for floating. We will see what happens with this evenings rain. #flyfishva #virginia #flyfishingguide #smallmouthbass
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