In this week’s typically fun how-to video from Ben Sittig, a.k.a Huge Fly Fisherman, he offers a single, quick tip that will make you a better angler. Whenever you’re stripping a fly–whether it’s a streamer on a trout . . .
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Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival 07.30.21
Welcome to the latest edition of the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival! Every week, we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing videos available and then serve them up for you to enjoy. . . .
Read MorePodcast: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life, with David Coggins
This week, my guest is David Coggins, author of the new book The Optimist, A Case for the Fly Fishing Life. David is a traditionalist and I give him some good-natured ribbing about being an anachronism, but . . .
Read MoreVideo: Casting a Dry Fly Upstream vs Downstream
One of the best things about summertime fishing is that you can often throw dry flies all day long. As you work a stretch of river, you may alternate between casting upstream, to cover the head of a pool, to . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Debarb Hooks Before You Tie
If you like to fish barbless–the value of which is a debate for another day–you’ll find it’s much easier to do a good job mashing the hook barb before you tie the fly. That way, no materials are in the way, and you’re not trying to do . . .
Read MoreCheck Out the NEW Helios 3 Blackout Fly Rods
The Helios™ 3 Blackouts have landed! Available now, these new, high-concept, supremely accurate H3 rods are designed to excel in specific angling scenarios. Our rod design team listened to some of the sport’s . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie a Water Walker Variant
A Jackson Hole native, Will Dornan knows about big Western bugs. His Water Walker is a killer stonefly and terrestrial pattern that lures big trout to the surface. It’s also a great way to float a nymph in a dry-dropper . . .
Read MoreFish Facts: Largemouth Bass, a.k.a Ol’ Bucketmouth
Illustration by Duane Raver via USFWS
Among the more widely distributed game fish in North America, and now around the world, the largemouth bass is prized for its aggressive feeding habits and violent strikes. A big bass blowing up the water around a popper chugging across flat water is. . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Make a Bottom-Up Parachute
Do you struggle to tie good parachute pattern because the hackle doesn’t go on right? Tim’s got the solution. Try repositioning the hook, so you can wrap the hackle vertically, using the tying thread as a guide . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tip: How to Tie the 3-in-1 Uni Knot
If you’ve been looking for one knot that can serve several purposes–which means that you have to learn fewer knots–then the Uni Knot may be the one for you. As Tim Flagler of Tightline . . .
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