Today’s Master Class Monday video by Dave and Amelia Jensen is the ninth installment in a series on how to read trout water. Here, Dave talks about those stretches of river that don’t seem to reveal any obvious . . .
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Pro Tips: Support Your Bass—Stop the Lip Grip!
Rob Woodruff of Woodruff Guide Service shows how to properly support a bass’s body.
Photo by Jenny Mayrell-Woodruff
Fly fishers have spent a lot of time over the past couple of years trying to promote the #Keepemwet ethic as a way to ensure the highest survival rates from catch-and-release. . .
Read MoreFriday Fly-Fishing Film Festival 07.10.20
Welcome to an all-new edition of the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival, in which we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing videos available. This week we’ve got an even dozen videos, including . . .
Read MorePodcast: Fishing in the Amazon Jungle, with Ross Purnell
We could all use a little escapism these days, so why not listen to a podcast about adventures in the Amazon? Fly Fisherman Magazine editor and publisher Ross Purnell–in a pre-Covid recorded interview–will thrill you with . . .
Read MoreTake a Classic Phil Monahan Fly-Fishing Trivia Challenge 07.09.20
Welcome to a classic edition of our weekly trivia challenge, in which we test your knowledge of all things fly fishing and where you might learn a thing or two about this sport we love. This week, we’ve got ten questions that run . . .
Read MorePro Tips: How to Choose the Right Gear for Wet-Wading, Part I
One of the great joys of summertime fishing is the opportunity to leave the waders at home and actually feel the river or the lake against your legs in a more intimate way. No waders also means easier . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Set the Hook
The latest video in the series “Q&A” from Brian Flechsig of Mad River Outfitters in Columbus, Ohio, he ansers several questions about hook-setting. He addresses the proper way to maintain control of your line, the correct angle to set the hook with you . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Catch Great Lakes Steelhead
The latest episode of the Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing television show is all about those potadromous rainbow trout often referred to as “Great Lakes steelhead.” Host Tom Rosenbauer and his guests talk . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Half Chubby Chernobyl
The original Chubby Chernobyl–which Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions showed us how to tie here–was born on Utah’s Green River and is one of Tom Rosenbauer’s favorite dry flies for small-stream brook-trout fishing. But if . . .
Read MoreClassic Pro Tip: 15 Steps to Fishing a Mountain Trout Stream
The key to catching lots of brookies from a mountain stream is to move fast and hit all the right spots.
Photo by Sandy Hays
The keys to catching good numbers of trout on steep mountain streams are stealth and speed. Wild brook trout are wary, fast, and can hide in tiny spaces. There are lots of predators that. . .
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