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Photo Tim Bronson |
A couple weeks a go, we posted about some switch-rod testing down at the office pond. Well, it turns out that this kind of thing is a regular occurrence around here. This morning, the Orvis rod-design team brought some test models of the new Superfine Touch series out on the lawn at Orvis HQ for Vice Chairman Dave Perkins to test. A complete redesign of the old Superfine series, these new rods are designed for…
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photo by Jim Hickey |
Yesterday, Worldcast Anglers partner Jim Hickey emailed us this photo and a report on his recent trip to Mongolia. BE WARNED: Reading this post may cause irrational checking of flights to Ulaan Bataar:…
Read MoreContest Closed: Congratulations to Joseph Strong and thanks to all of you for your great feedack!
When choosing the artwork for the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast with Tom Rosenbauer, I failed to realize a fatal design flaw that would prove to haunt me for the next 2.5 years: Tom’s face.
I have gotten sick of looking at it after over 100 episodes (so has Tom, but he is more stuck with it than I am).
So, Tom and I asked the brilliant James Daley (web designer for Orvis) to come up with a new logo. Click READ MORE to see the result and give us feedback to win!
Read MoreWhen two anglers are fishing from a drift boat, both must exhibit good technique to avoid conflicts. The main pitfall is tangling during casting because drift-boat anglers rarely watch their back casts. If the casting planes of the two anglers intersect, nasty line tangles ensue. And every second that you waste untangling lines, good water is slipping past…
Read MoreHot on the heels of yesterday’s post about a photographer who focuses on images of spawning brook trout, Dave Jensen of Fly Fish Alberta sent us some video he shot of large browns and brookies preparing to mate. To anyone who loves wild trout, this mating dance is a thing of beauty.
Read MoreOn the Field & Stream “Fly Talk” blog, Tim Romano offers a great video of photographer Louis Cahill explaining how to take good on-the-water trout photos.
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As the results from the this year’s Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby showed, striper populations are not as healthy as some would have us believe. The total number of striped bass entered in the Derby was 384 fish—the lowest number since bass were reintroduced to the Derby in 1997 and eight fish less than the previous low set in 2008. But the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) is about to vote on a proposal to increase the number of bass commercial fishermen can harvest. The conservation organization Stripers Forever sent out this call to action:
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Photo courtesy of Fly Rod & Reel |
If you’ve ever wondered about the origins of the world’s most popular fly, Fly Rod & Reel has a great interview with Fred Blessing, son of the late Russell Blessing, the man who first tied a Woolly Bugger way back in 1967.
Read MoreTom is out this week, so I asked resident Orvis author Paul Fersen to read from a recent piece he wrote for American Angler on fishing for bass off Cape Cod and the benefits of purposeful solitude.
Click the play button below to listen to this episode and go to orvis.com/podcast to subscribe to future episodes!
Since our friends over at GoFishn.com are featuring bonefishing all this week, I thought it was a good time to repost a popular podcast episode on the topic from the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast with Tom Rosenbauer.
Click the play button below to listen to Tom Rosenbauer’s Top Ten Bonefishing Tips. Go to orvis.com/podcast to subscribe to future episodes