Welcome to the another edition of the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival! Each week, we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing videos available and then serve them up for you to enjoy. This week, we’ve got a dozen wonderful productions to help . . .
Read MorePro Tip: Getting the Most Out of Roll Casts
Roll casts are a very important tool to have in your casting arsenal. Aside from being one of my personal favorite casts, the roll cast is one of the most used casts and a great skill to practice at home. The three most common reasons. . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Cast a Wide Loop
When you picture the perfect fly cast, it probably has a nice, tight loop that’s going to impress anyone watching. But as Matt Wilhelm points out in this video from Montana Angler, a tight loop can create problems when your casting heavy flies . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: Do Leaders and Tippets Expire?
Here’s another great episode in a video series called “Q&A,” from Brian Flechsig of Mad River Outfitters in Columbus, Ohio. It’s a pretty self-explanatory title, methinks. In this video, Flechsig answers the question “Do leaders and tippet have an . . .
Read MoreVideo: A Full Walk-Through of the Orvis Premium Fly-Tying Kit
Are you looking to get into fly tying this winter or need a gift for an angler? Here’s a really helpful video from Shannon Messer of the Tuckaseegee Fly Shop, who unpacks the Orvis Premium Fly-Tying Kit to show you everything inside: Materials for 16 . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: When and How to Hang a Nymph Off a Streamer
In this great video from the Orvis Fly Fishing Learning Center chapter on How to Fish Streamers, Tom Rosenbauer explains that there are times when swinging streamers just doesn’t produce. It pays to be adaptable, offering the . . .
Read MoreWednesday Wake-Up Call: 11.29.23
We live in a sound-bite culture, so here is a rare opportunity to get a concise, in-depth analysis of an important issue. In this video, Cameron Sabin of the National Park Diaries YouTube channel explains what the proposed project is, its recent . . .
Read MoreVideo: “Practice”
Here’s a cool, short rumination on fly fishing as a practice, as well as on how actual practice is vital. If you don’t have a fly-fishing practice routine, consider setting one up; you’ll see the benefits very quickly. That fish that used to be out of reach? Not . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Icy Hot Jig
In this week’s great fly-tying how-to video, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions shows you how to tie a winter jig pattern that combines a cool blue abdomen with a hot orange thorax. Tim has found that blue is a great winter color and that orange . . .
Read MoreVideo: 7 Stupid Mistakes That Can Ruin Your Fishing Trip
Alvin Dedeaux—of All Water Guides in Austin, Texas—has done a lot of fly-fishing travel, which means that he’s made a lot of stupid mistakes. In this video, he’s kind enough to share what he’s learned so you don’t have to suffer the consequences of . . .
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