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The Smallmouth Bass fishing here in Door County has been very good over the past couple of weeks. We have been fishing for bass in Door County using a few different techniques consisting of casting lipless crankbaits and casting Rapala … Contin

Many smallmouth bass are feeding heavily on natural crawfish and you can catch these fish by stripping a Singer Crawfish size 4 or 6 slowly along the cobblestones on the stream bottom.  I do best by fishing there at dusk dawn and on heavily ove

I am doing very well with Deer Hair Bugs along the shaded river banks throughout the day and especially in the tails of the pools at dusk.  Wade carefully in the tails of the pools because the large bass often hold in water 2 feet deep here and

Smallmouth Bass Streams: We are presently catching many smallmouth bass on the Murray’s Crayfish size 6 Singer’s Crayfish size 6 and Whitlock Near Nuff Orange Crayfish size 8 on the North Fork of the Shenandoah at the upper stretch of Ro

By fishing the deep eddies on the slow side of the river below the riffles we often catch some of our largest bass of the season in the conditions we have now.  These big bass feed on large minnows now so our Murray’s Magnum Creek Chub Mu

Our Fly Fishing for Smallmouth Bass DVD is now available as a digital download. Click below to purchase your download. (This is a The post Fly Fishing for Smallmouth Bass with Harry Murray appeared first on The View From Harrys Window - A Fly Fishin

The small mouth bass in Door County are well into there summer patterns utilizing deeper water along with many fish still being present in water depths from 5 to 15 feet of water. Our best approach has been using soft … Continue reading →

Now that the aquatic grassbeds are forming we are catching many nice bass and streamers which match the shiner minnows which live in these grassbeds.  I like to cast my streamers tight against the grassbeds and strip them slowly out into the ri

Two days ago I had outstanding fishing for smallmouth bass on the North Fork of the Shenandoah River downstream from Edinburg with Singer Crawfish 6 around the large boulders in the deep pools.  A SA Mastery Sink Tip III Line with a 5ft. 10lb.

Smallmouth Bass: The smallmouth bass rivers are too cold for good fishing. The post Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing Report November 30 2015 appeared first on Murray's Fly Shop.

Smallmouth Bass Streams: The smallmouth bass streams are gradually getting warmer. The North Fork of the Shenandoah River is best at Access Spots #18 (Meems Bottom) and #19 (Covered Bridge). The South Fork of the Shenandoah River is best at Access S

With June right around the corner many anglers are thinking bass. Smallmouth Bass in June do lots of different things. Typically in the last week or two in May or

Two nymph rigs dry – dropper rigs streamer – nymph rigs tandem rigs two fly setup three fly rigs. Whatever you call a The post Rigging Multiple Flies for Smallmouth Bass appeared first on The View From Harrys Window - A Fly Fishing Blog.

By matching the minnows the smallmouth bass feed upon you can get some excellent fly fishing. For many years serious trout anglers have The post Smallmouth Bass Minnow Matching Tactics appeared first on The View From Harrys Window - A Fly Fishing Bl

Many large bass are feeding in the deep pools so I’m now using a Teeny 200 Sinking Head Line to fish my heaviest streamers along the stream bottom.  The Murray’s Olive Madtom Sculpin 4 and Black Madtom Sculpin 4 are ties with heavy

6-7-12 / water temp 86 / hot / no wind Fished with a group from Franklin NC today. Stayed on the top water bite for just about the whole trip. Sat on the main river channel aound mile marker 9 and managed a few dozen or so smallmouth and spots throwi

The bass streams are too cold for good fishing at this time. The post Smallmouth Bass Fishing Report January 8 2015 appeared first on Murray's Fly Shop.

Apparently prompted by the cooling rivers many large bass are feeding heavily on large minnows now.  Streams such as the James River below Arcadia The New River right beside Radford and the North Fork of the Shenandoah River below Edinburg hold

As we drifted along the river bank a nice smallmouth came up and sucked in Jeff’s Murray’s Bass Hopper.  This was the first year we had this fly and the first 4# to take it.  This was so successful that we expanded this series

Smallmouth Bass Streams: The smallmouth bass fishing is getting started now especially upstream from Edinburg Virginia on the North Fork of the Shenandoah River and downstream from Foster’s Landing on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. Fi