Where Did The Large Smallmouth Go?
The last part of the summer of 2017, the section of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River where I fish often received
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Late Season Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing
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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The Best Five Flies for Late Season Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing
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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Enjoy The Challenge of Fly Fishing for Smallmouth Bass at Night
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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How To Fish The Famous Shenandoah Blue Popper
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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My Three Favorite Smallmouth Bass Flies
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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Smallmouth Bass River Float Trips
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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Smallmouth Bass Primary Feeding Stations
Smallmouth Bass Primary Feeding Stations Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop Many large smallmouth bass select their “primary feeding stations” according to the amount of
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My Favorite Smallmouth Bass Fly, Murray’s Heavy Hellgrammite
My Favorite Smallmouth Bass Fly, Murray’s Heavy Hellgrammite It took me many years to develop my Murray’s Heavy Lead-Eye Hellgrammite. However, with the
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The Angler’s Friend – Folstaf Wading Staff
I never head into any stream without my Folstaf Wading Staff. Many anglers readily see the safety advantages of using a Wading Staff
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Sink Tip Mini Lead Head
I used to make these out of lead core trolling line in many lengths from four inches to ten feet long. I whipped
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Keep Your Car Ready
I keep a variety of tools in the back of my Jeep to help when unexpected events occur. It is amazing how often
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Hot Spots
I find it rewarding and exciting to mentally mark the hot spots of each days fishing and then take advantage of this on
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New Scientific Anglers Fly Line, Part Two
Part Two Blog on Scientific Anglers Sonar Sink 30 Warm Fly Line The new Scientific Anglers Sink 30 Warm is an outstanding fast sinking
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Bass Streamers
There are times when fishing streamers along the banks when floating smallmouth bass rivers can be very effective. However, some anglers on our
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Ostrich Plume
This pound of Ostrich will tie enough flies to catch many thousand fish. Ostrich Plume is used to tie streamers, Murray’s Pearl Marauder
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Simple Flies
Several years ago I stopped in a fly shop in Montana which was owned by a good friend. One of his employees was
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Smallmouth Bass Feed Heavily on Brown Drake Mayflies
Some of the most exciting smallmouth fly fishing takes place when they feed on natural Brown Drake mayflies. There are actually three different
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Switch Lines in Mid-River
You are standing in mid-river using a 9 foot rod and you decide you would like to switch from a floating fly line
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Dry Fly Cleaning
Dry flies that are coated with old floatant that have matted hackles can easily be brought back to life by carefully steaming them
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Murray’s Magnum Creek Chub
There are probably more creek chub minnows in most smallmouth rivers than any other single minnows. These are readily available to the bass
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Cold Hands?
During the winter and spring I always carry Simms Freestone Half Finger Fishing Gloves in my vest. Experience has shown me that if
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Hot Spots
I always mentally mark a spot where I have caught or moved some large fish…any kind fish. This was the spot on the
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Popper Casting
When we make a back cast to pick a popping bug up off the stream to make another cast we may cause that
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Quick Water
Heavy rains that last less than a day but deposit two or three inches of rain definitely cause our rivers to become too
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Riffle Hitch
Last year at my son’s encouragement, we started experimenting with the “Riffle Hitch” technique for smallmouth bass which I used many years ago
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Cooling Bass Rivers
The smallmouth rivers are cooling and although I am catching nice bass throughout the rivers, I am aware that some of the largest
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Escape Technique
I had outstanding smallmouth bass fishing on the North Fork of the Shenandoah River with a method of streamer fishing I am calling,
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Bass Rod
Sure you can land a nice size smallmouth bass on your five weight rod. However, you are limiting the size of the flies
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Night Smallmouth Bass Fishing
You just might catch your largest smallmouth bass of the year by fishing at night. They feed heavily in the low light levels
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Wary Smallmouth Bass
As the smallmouth rivers get low and clear I find that I can prevent scaring the largest bass by wading upstream and fishing
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Streamer Success
Here are two simple steps that can easily double the number of successfully hooked fish on your streamer fishing. (1) Always follow the
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The Best Action with Surface Bugs
In order to catch large bass consistently on hard surface bugs it is very important to be able to adjust the bug action
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Reading a Smallmouth River
The most valuable skill a smallmouth angler can develop is learning to read the water accurately. The few minutes spent analyzing a section
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New Angler, part D
“I am new to fly fishing and need advice on rods for freshwater fishing”. This question came in as email and I believe
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My Helpful Angler’s Calendar
My angler’s calendar is very large, having about two inch square spaces for each date. This allows plenty of space for me to
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Switch-Hand Casting
I have a good friend who injured his right shoulder badly. Since he cast with his right hand he was very disappointed that
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Refine Your Smallmouth Fishing
When I wrote my first book Fly Fishing Techniques for Smallmouth Bass an editor with Field and Stream Magazine was very impressed with
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Study Entomology
If you fall down in a shallow stream and anyone is watching, rather than splashing around while you embarrassingly try to stand up,
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Fix Those Line Wraps on a Fly Rod
Frequently the wind or an underpowered casts causes the line to form a knot around the upper part of the fly rod. When
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Large Bass Feed Heavily In the Shade
Large bass feed heavily in the shade – A normal part of summer to many of us but why? Negative phototropism is a
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From last week’s Warm-Up – Strip SLOW
Winter fishing on a 70 degree day. A slowly stripped, seriously overweight Madtom was just too much for this bass, and several others,
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Fly Fishing for Big Smallmouth Bass
This time of the year that next strike might be from the largest bass you’ll move all year and you sure don’t want
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Fly Fishing Bass in the Eddies
My son, Jeff, and I fished the North Fork of the Shenandoah River close to Edinburg, Va before the rain on Wednesday. The
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New Flies for 2011
NEW for 2011 Murray’s Magnum Lizzard (size 4) $2.95 This is a very unusual streamer we have developed to help you catch more
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Fly Fishing on Ponds for Bass
Don’t overlook your local farm ponds. These ponds were likely stocked at some point in time, either officially or unofficially. Eric took this
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Spawning Smallmouth
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Bass Podcast VI–Smallmouth Nymph Tactics from early April to mid May
Smallmouth Nymph Tactics from early April to mid May https://shenandoahfishing.murraysflyshop.com/AudioFiles///basspodcastvi.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS
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Bass Podcast IV–Reading A Smallmouth River
Reading a Smallmouth Bass River https://shenandoahfishing.murraysflyshop.com/AudioFiles///basspodcastiv.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS
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