Catching Smallmouth Bass at Night
Fly fishing for smallmouth bass at night is one of the most challenging and rewarding forms of angling to be found. Here are
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streamers
Flies of Yesteryear Part Two
Flies of Yesteryear Part Two Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop Standing in Dan Bailey’s Fly Shop in Livingston, Montana in the mid seventies ,
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Winston Kairos Fly Rod
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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Three Ways to Fish Streamers on Large Rivers
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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Switch Rods For Smallmouth Bass
Jeff and I have been using our Scott Switch Rods for bass fishing in the the rivers for many years. Here are a
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Fishing Nymphs and Streamers Deeply
Fishing Nymphs and Streamers Deeply- Murray’s Fly Shop We have many excellent sinking head and sinking tip fly lines that are a great
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Streamer Fly Fishing
Streamer Fly Fishing Blog- Murray’s Fly Shop- Edinburg, Virginia Streamers normally imitate minnows and bait fish. A very effective tactic is to cast
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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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Penetrating Cement
For me fly tying cement has two main purposes. One is to hold the fly together and the second is to coat a
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Why the Mr. Rapidan?
Many years ago two elderly gentlemen in my advanced fly tying college class made a simple request: Teach us to tie a dry
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Streamer Flash
I often add a few strands of rainbow color accent flash in the wings and tails of streamers. These strands in with marabou,
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Effective Streamers
When you are designing a new streamer to match a specific minnow it is great to tie one that looks so much like
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Hackle Cape and Saddle
This photo shows the difference between a Metz Grade 1 Light Ginger Rooster Neck Cape and a Metz Grade 1 Brown Rooster Saddle.
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Good Smallmouth Bass Fishing
Great sections of smallmouth bass rivers to fish are the areas just upstream of the public access areas. These receive much less serious
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Match the Minnows
About two hours before dark on a beautiful August evening I waded across the South Fork of the Shenandoah River, intending to fish
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Murray’s Strymph
There are days when the smallmouth bass feed heavily on minnows and fishing streamers catches these fish. However, there are days when they
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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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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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New Scientific Anglers Fly Line
Part One Blog on Scientific Anglers Sonar Sink Tip Fly Line Scientific Anglers New Sonar Sink Tip 3 Fly Line which sinks at
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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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Tying a Deer Hair Bass Bug
When I teach my winter fly tying classes, the beginning fly tyers are amazed how quickly they learn to tie great deer hair
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Sharp Hooks but not too big
If you tie your own nymphs and streamers take a lesson from the late Charlie Brooks as I did many years ago. The
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Madtom Sculpin
The smallmouth streams are cooling and many large bass are moving to the deep pools and cuts. Use a SA Mastery Sink Tip
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