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Fly Fishing Tip: Are you casting too much?

Line Flash in Fly Fishing: How Overcasting Spooks Trout (and How to Stop It) Line Flash in Fly Fishing: How Overcasting Spooks Trout [...]

I am often asked in my fly fishing lessons, “How far do I cast?” Basically, I like to cast only far enough to [...]

An abundance of natural foods such as minnows, hellgrammites, and crayfish are essential for smallmouth bass to live on and grow well. This [...]

Harry Murray’s Fly Fishing in September Podcast Trout Fly Fishing Fly fishing in September can be tricky due to the low and clear [...]

In my Fly Casting and Rigging Tackle Classes and in my “On The Stream Fly Fishing Schools”, I find that most beginning anglers [...]

The more I fish, the more I find that I rely strongly on my line-hand strike to set the hook on the fishes [...]

Are you working on your casting and need a few pointers? Email us (info@murraysflyshop.com) your short casting video and we will give you [...]

Experienced anglers know it is best to never cast further than is necessary to keep from scaring the fish when in freshwater. Excessively [...]

When the mountain trout streams are carrying a high water level I always catch more fish by using short casts to precise feeding [...]