In his latest video, Todd Moen of CATCH Magazine heads back to New Zealand’s South Island in search of big brown trout. In this fly fishing adventure, shot on the west coast rivers of the South Island, the film takes us over . . .
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Video: How to Save Your Work with a Borger Double Hitch
If you’ve been watching Tom Rosenbauer’s Facebook Live fly-tying tutorials, you know that Tom is not a fan of using half-hitches to save his work–a leftover from his days as a commercial tier, when speed was everything. But many tiers do like to secure . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Find New Fishing Spots
The latest how-to video from Ben Sittig, a.k.a Huge Fly Fisherman, addresses a topic that has become quite contentious on the Interwebs in recent years: How to go about finding new places to cast a fly. Every day on Facebook, you can see folks asking . . .
Read MorePro Tips: How to Catch Freshwater Stripers in Spring
While our area of northern Georgia is known as the trout capital of the state, the most anticipated part of the early season for many of our guides and staff at Cohutta Fishing Company is actually the striped-bass run. These . . .
Read MoreFriday Fly-Fishing Film Festival 04.15.22
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 10 great productions that feature a . . .
Read MoreClassic Podcast: All About Sinking Lines, with Josh Jenkins
A few weeks ago, I did a podcast on floating fly lines with Josh Jenkins of Scientific Anglers. Not only was it popular, but I also hinted that we might do one on sinking lines, which produced a minor barrage of requests for one. So here it is. You’ll learn . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Cast a Fly Rod, the Basics
The most popular casting video that Pete Kutzer has ever done is “The Basic Fly Cast” (below), which has been viewed almost 1.2 million times. But I am a big believer that people learn in . . .
Read MorePro Tips: To Catch More Fish, Do Your Homework
There is an old adage in angling that “ten percent of the fishermen catch ninety percent of the fish.” While the numbers aren’t that important, there are people who are super fishy and catch more than others. What are the things that they do differently . . .
Read MoreWednesday Wake-Up Call 04.13.22
Welcome to the latest installment of the Wednesday Wake-Up Call, a roundup of the most pressing conservation issues important to anglers. Working with our friends at Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, the Theodore Roosevelt . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Conehead Bunny Leech
The Conehead Bunny Leech offers many of the attributes anglers look for in a streamer: it sinks well (once you get it wet), it moves a lot of water, and it has a lifelike action when you use a strip-and-pause retrieve. When the fly stops, it sinks, . . .
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