Fly Fishing Articles by Harry Murray - Murray's Fly Shop
Fly Fishing Articles
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We have compiled several Fly Fishing Articles and Fly Fishing Related Information by Harry Murray and the folks at Murray's Fly Shop to help you improve your fly fishing experiences. Many of these articles cover our most often asked questions. Please give us a call if you have any questions or comments (540-984-4212). Have a suggestion for an article you think might be beneficial to others? Email us, Messenger us or give us an old fashioned phoned call. We would love to hear your suggestions.
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Bass Nymph Fishing
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The Beginning of Murray's Fly Shop
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Smallmouth Bass Minnow Matching Tactics
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1985 Flyfishing Magazine Article "Murray's Hellgrammite"
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Early Season Nymphing in Small Mountain Streams
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My Three Favorite Bass Surface Bugs
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Mountain Trout Fishing
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The Wonderful Trico Mayfly
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Catching Smallmouth Bass Around Aquatic Grassbeds
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Virginia's Ten Best Flies for Bass & Trout
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Early March Mountain Trout Fishing
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Winterizing Fly Tackle
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Winter Trout Fishing
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Fly Fishing in the Fall on the Shenandoah River
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October Trout Fishing on Big Stoney Creek
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Reading the Feeding Stations on a Mountain Trout Stream
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How to Fish and Tie the Murray's Hellgrammite Fly
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Fly Fishing Virginia's Passage Creek
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Reading a Smallmouth Bass River like the Shenandoah River
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Successful Float Trips for Smallmouth Bass
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Fishing a Crayfish for Smallmouth Bass
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Fly Fishing Critters for Smallmouth Bass
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Fly Fishing for Smallmouth Bass in Flat Water
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My favorite Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing Tackle
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Fishing Terrestrials for Trout on Spring Creeks
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Fly Fishing Virginia's Stoney Creeks
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The Wonderful Mr. Rapidan Fly Family
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Fly Fishing Tip: Are you casting too much?
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Selecting a Fly Rod - Let's make sense of it!
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Which Dry Fly Floatant works best? A side by side comparison.
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Cleaning and Disinfecting your Fly Fishing Gear
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Choosing a Fly Fishing Line
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Fly Tying Material Weight Chart
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Standard Fly Line Weight Charts
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Learning from Articles
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Choosing a fly line
Read the articleThere are a lot of fly lines out there. How do YOU select the one that will work best for you?
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Smallmouth Fly Fishing Tackle
Read the articleRead about Harry's favorite Smallmouth Bass fly fishing tackle
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Selecting a Fly Rod
Read the articleThere are a lot of fly rods on the market. How do YOU select the one that will work for You?
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Are you Casting Too Much?
Read the articleThroughout your fly fishing life you will change and adjust many things. Casting happens anytime we go fishing. Are you casting too much?
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Fly Fishing Bass in Flat Water
Read the articleFly fishing flat water smallmouth bass with poppers, mayflies and deer hair bugs.
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Reading a Smallmouth River
Read the articleLearn the differences in reading a Smallmouth river vs. a trout stream.
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How to Fish and Tie the Murray's Hellgrammite
Read the articleHarry discusses how to tie and fish his hellgrammite.
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Early Season Nymphing in Small Mountain Streams
Read the articleCold weather and cold water bring the need for nymph fishing. Learn the techniques for conquering the small streams with nymphs.
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Fishing Crayfish for Smallmouth Bass
Read the articleSwing, strip, dead drift? We cover our most effective methods of fishing Crayfish for Bass.
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Fall fishing on the Shenandoah River
Read the articleHarry discusses his favorite bass techniques for Fall fishing on the Shenandoah River.
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Smallmouth Bass Nymph Fishing
Read the articleHarry discusses how Smallmouth Bass Nymph Fishing can be your best chance of success in cold or high water.
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Aquatic Grass Beds and Smallmouth Bass
Read the articleLearn tactics, techniques and patterns for catching Bass around Grass Beds.
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My Three Favorite Bass Surface Bugs
Read the articleRead about our three favorite topwater patterns for Bass
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VA's 10 Best Bass & Trout Flies
Read the articleCheck out our most productive Bass and Trout Flies throughout VA.
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1985 Murray's Hellgrammite Article
Read the articleRead Harry's Hellgrammite article in the December 1985 Flyfishing Magazine
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Beginnings of Murray's Fly Shop
Read the articleHarry's brief history of how Murray's Fly Shop got it's start.
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Mountain Trout Fishing
Read the articleRead our overview of early season Mountain Trout fishing. We discuss insects hatches, flies and equipment.
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Smallmouth Bass Minnow Matching Tactics
Read the articleMatching the right streamer in the right water at the right time of the year makes all the difference.
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