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Excellent Fast Sinking Head Fly Lines

May 4, 2018Harry

Excellent Fast Sinking Head Fly Lines Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop Scientific Anglers makes many excellent fast sinking head fly lines with built in [...]

Fly Fishing In May Podcast

May 3, 2018Harry

Fly Fishing in May Podcast by Harry Murray In this months fly fishing podcast I will be discussing what you can expect will [...]

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Brown Drake

April 28, 2018Harry

Brown Drake Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia One late May evening, Mike Hollar and I drifted into a long, flat pool on [...]

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Attract The Trout

April 20, 2018Harry

Attract The Trout Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop– Edinburg, Virginia At this time of the year many trout feed on a broad variety of [...]

Fly Fishing in mid April Podcast

April 19, 2018Harry

Fly Fishing in mid April Podcast by Harry Murray Fly Fishing in April can be very rewarding if you plan ahead and pay [...]

Small Stone Dams Built on Mountain Brook Trout Streams

April 13, 2018Harry

I see some small stone dams built on mountain brook trout streams. I assume the intention is to provide extra depth for the [...]

Knots

April 5, 2018October 26, 2021Harry

Knots Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia- Fly Fishing Sitting in Dan Bailey’s fly shop one morning years ago with several guides, Chester [...]

Fly Fishing in April Podcast

April 4, 2018April 4, 2018Harry

Fly Fishing in April Podcast by Harry Murray TROUT Fly fishing in April can be very exciting with the different hatches that occur [...]

Native Brook Trout in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia

Pop Strike

March 31, 2018April 10, 2018Harry

Pop Strike Blog – Murray’s Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia How do you measure trout fishing success? If I am fishing good hatches on [...]

Rainbow Trout caught on a Caddis Pupa - Murray's Fly Shop

Caddis Larva Active on the Delayed Harvest Streams Throughout Virginia

March 19, 2018October 29, 2020Harry

Many caddis larva are very active on the delayed harvest streams throughout Virginia. A good way to catch the trout which are feeding [...]

Fly Fishing Tips

March 14, 2018September 3, 2024Harry

Fly Fishing Tips Podcast by Harry Murray March 2018 Listen to this months fly fishing tips podcast where I will be discussing several [...]

Releasing Fish - Gently ensures a much greater chance of survival - Murray's Fly Shop - Flyfishing Virginia

Gentle Release of Large Trout Properly Back Into The Stream

March 13, 2018April 10, 2018Harry

Gentle Release of Large Trout Properly Back Into The Stream It is important that we release large trout properly if we expect them [...]

Up Stream Dead Drift Nymph Fishing for Trout - Murray's Fly Shop

Fly Fishing in the Mountain Trout Streams

March 8, 2018October 29, 2020Harry

Fly Fishing in the Mountain Trout Streams Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop The Epeorus pleuralis mayfly nymphs are very active in the mountain trout [...]

Murray's Caddis Larva for Rainbow Trout - Murray's Fly Shop Edinburg Virginia

The Five Best Flies for Fishing Large Trout Streams in the Spring

March 2, 2018September 10, 2023Harry

The Five Best Flies for Fishing Large Trout Streams in the Spring From March through June the large trout streams provide great fishing. [...]

Aquatic Insects - Mayfly Nymph - Murray's Fly Shop

Fly Fishing in March Podcast

March 1, 2018April 10, 2018Harry

Fly Fishing in March Podcast by Harry Murray In this months fly fishing podcast I will be discussing the tactics for fishing the [...]

Fly Fishing Tips on dry fly fishing with Murray's Fly Shop and Harry Murray

Calendar

February 23, 2018April 10, 2018Harry

Calendar Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia The large calendar on my kitchen wall is a very important part of my angling. This [...]

Fly Fishing Podcasts - Murray's Fly Shop Edinburg, Virginia

Fly Fishing Podcast On Leaders and Casting

February 15, 2018December 1, 2022Harry

Fly Fishing Podcast on Leaders and Fly Casting by Harry Murray In this months Fly Fishing Podcast I am discussing the many different [...]

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Barbless Flies

February 13, 2018Harry

Barbless Flies Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop– Edinburg, Virginia Many years ago Dupont admitted that in spite of their very best efforts some mercury [...]

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Do Not Freeze Up

February 8, 2018Harry

Do Not Freeze Up Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia I am guilty of fishing later in the season and earlier in the [...]

Native Brook Trout Fly Fishing Guide Trips

Brook Trout Fishing…. Soon!

February 6, 2018April 18, 2018Jeff

One of our favorite pastimes is quickly approaching! Enjoying the outdoors on those beautiful Spring days, chasing Native Brook Trout in the Shenandoah [...]

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Selecting a Fly Rod for Freshwater Fly Fishing

February 3, 2018Harry

Selecting a Fly Rod for Freshwater Fly Fishing Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop The easiest way for me to select a fly rod for [...]

Selecting a Fly Rod Podcast

January 31, 2018October 9, 2020Harry

Selecting a Fly Rod Podcast by Harry Murray February 2018 This month since the streams are still a little too cold I have [...]

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Mr. H.G. Tapply of Tap’s Tips

January 27, 2018December 1, 2022Harry

Mr. H.G. Tapply of Tap’s Tips Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop Mr. H.G. Tapply of Tap’s Tips fame in Field and Stream Magazine was [...]

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Flies of Yesteryear Part Two

January 25, 2018Harry

Flies of Yesteryear Part Two Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop Standing in Dan Bailey’s Fly Shop in Livingston, Montana in the mid seventies , [...]

Fly Fishing Tips

January 25, 2018October 29, 2020Harry

Fly Fishing Tips from Harry Murray January 2018 This months fly fishing tips podcast includes a variety of topics that I have discussed [...]

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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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 [...]

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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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 [...]

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, [...]

Happy New Year!

December 31, 2017November 28, 2017Jeff

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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 [...]