Trout to Smallmouth
Suppose you grew up in Paradise Valley of Montana and you spent your first 30 years fly fishing for trout. Then your employer
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Before the regular anglers around West Yellowstone got to know Charlie Brooks they called him Mr. Monotone. Brook’s, who was a very special
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Where are the Natural Nymphs?
Many natural nymphs move to the downstream side of the cobblestones in the lower sections of the riffles at this time of the
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Selective Trout
A large trout comes up and looks at your dry fly but refuses it. There is a natural tendency to cast back to
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Find the Good Water
Late last summer I drove a long distance to fish a mountain trout stream. When I arrived at the lower end of the
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Drag Free Drift
The speed of the current just inches below the stream surface is usually moving faster than the current on the surface where our
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Releasing Trout
Always land your trout with a net as quickly as possible to prevent stressing them. Revive your trout completely before releasing him. Choose
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Drag Free Dry Fly Drift
I have been doing a great amount of experimenting this year with many different casts that are helpful in throwing slack line casts
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Healthy Trout
Many beginning trout anglers are amazed to see a nice trout turn belly-up and die when they return him to the stream with
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Easy Trout
Now that the Trico hatch is in full swing on our trout streams you can rest assured that these trout probably have examined
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Keep Healthy
When we are floating the smallmouth bass river or climbing the mountain trout stream we usually carry a lunch and drinking water in
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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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An Expert Anglers Insight
For many years a Cricket Dry Fly has been one of my most dependable flies all across the country in all types of
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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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New Angler
“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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Caddisflies Tandem Rig
At this time of the year caddisflies are very active. Frequently each evening there are adults returning to the streams to deposit eggs
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Find Good Trout Fishing
I have a good angling friend who consistently gets very good trout fishing. In
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Dry Fly Refusal
Many trout refusals of dry flies result from one of two problems which can be easily corrected. First the fly may be too
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Fly Fishing Report for Smallmouth Bass & Trout–May 2014
Fly Fishing Report for Smallmouth Bass & Trout–May 2014 In this fly fishing podcast Harry Murray discusses the streams conditions plus the techniques
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Murray’s Fly Shop May 2013 Fly Fishing Report for Trout and Smallmouth Bass
Murray’s Fly Shop May 2013 Fly Fishing Report for Trout and Smallmouth Bass. This podcast covers the Mountain Trout fishing which is effective
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Fall and Cooler Temperatures Trout Fishing
Jeff Murray likes this time of the year because the large trout feed well. Just remember the Brook Trout are well underway with
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Trico Feeders
Large trout feeding on natural trico mayflies are very selective on the artificial flies they will take and the way they drift during
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NEVER TOO OLD TO FLYFISH!!!!
William Downey at age 99 draws on his experience from 80 years of trout fishing for brookies in the Shenandoah National Park and
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Trout Pools
Many of our best stocked trout streams in Virginia such as Big Stoney, Mill Creek and the Bullpasture have gotten very high from
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High Water Trout on the Fly: Bounce Retrieve
Many of our large trout streams such as Big Stoney, the Jackson River and the Bullpasture are still carrying full water levels. The
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Fly Fishing: Sweep A Streamer
Earlier we covered how to catch large brown trout in the riffles at this time of the year (late fall/ winter). Today let’s
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