Welcome to another edition of the OrvisNews.com Friday Film Festival, in which we scour the Interweb for the best fly-fishing footage available. This week, to kick off the long holiday weekend, we’ve got a wide array of tasty fishing action. You’ll see what it’s like to catch Atlantic salmon on dry flies, learn how to avoid becoming lunch while releasing a snook, and discover the majestic Murray cod from the. . .
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Picture of the Day: First Tarpon
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Read MorePodcast Double Feature- Five More Tips on Matching the Hatch and Progressing from Novice to Intermediate
I was out of the office for a couple of weeks, so we did not have any new episodes of the podcast to publish. Hopefully I can make it up to you with a double feature this week with two listener-requested topics.
Matching the Hatch Part 2: Five More Tips
In the fly box section this week we discuss a couple tackle maintenance items (cork grips and fly lines) and some tips on how to learn from some “old school” techniques.
In the main part of the podcast, we learn more about hatches and how to deal with them, especially on how to collect insect specimens and what to do with them once you’ve otained them.
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Ten Tips from Novice to intermediate fly fisher
In this week’s podcast we have a great phone call from Molly with some exciting news and a tip on further refining your casting practice. For the main event, we explore the topic of moving from novice to intermediate fly fisher with some tips on how to get there.
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Are Certain Dog Breeds Dangerous?
Last month, we blogged about a new laws in the Atlanta region that deemed certain breeds of dogs dangerous and required their owners to license them as such. These breeds included German shepherds, pit bulls, Doberman pinschers, and others. In Ohio, a new law takes a different approach.
Read MoreTom Rosenbauer’s Tips for Fishing Emergers
You might be tempted to fish emergers with a subtle twitch. It sometimes works during a caddis hatch or during an emergence of large mayflies like green drakes, but most times you are better off fishing an emerger like a dry fly— on a dead drift. Any movement you can impart to your fly is far more overt than the diminutive quivering of the naturals.
Read MoreTake Your Dog to Work (to)Day
Today, June 24, marks the 13th annual Take Your Dog to Work Day. We at Orvis home offices in Vermont are lucky that we can take our dog to work pretty much any day, and all of our retail stores welcome dogs (often with a treat) any day of the year.
Toby, my golden retriever, helps me blog at the Orvis home offices
According to the site Takeyourdog.com, the day was:
“created to celebrate the great companions dogs make and to encourage their adoption from humane societies, animal shelters and breed rescue clubs. This annual event asks pet lovers to celebrate the humane-canine bond and promote pet adoption by encouraging their employers to support TYDTWDay by opening their workplace to employees’ four-legged friends on this one special day.”
Are you taking your dog to work today? Does your place of work allow it?
Read MoreFriday Film Festival 06.24.11
Welcome to another edition of the OrvisNews.com Friday Film Festival, in which we scour the Internets for the best fly-fishing footage available. This week, we’ve got a pretty salty mix, featuring wild baby-tarpon action and an epic striped marlin battle in Mexico, plus a little bit of Cuban spice. Trout lovers will enjoy the views of monster New Zealand browns, as well as. . .
Read MoreA Daughter and Father Share Their Love of Fly Fishing
In this wonderful video, fly fisher and photographer Christen Magaret shares her love of fly fishing and the outdoors, and her gratitude to her father for exposing her to both. She and her father express why fly fishing is special to them, and to so many of us who pursue it.
Time is but a Stream… from Christen Magaret on Vimeo.
Tom Rosenbauer’s Tip: 4 Things an Angler Should Never Be Without
When I go fishing–no matter where I go or what I’m fishing for–there are four items I always have with me. None of them is technically fishing gear, but all make the experience of fishing better, more productive, and even safer. Of course, you won’t . . .
Read MoreWhat’s a Fly Rod Really For?
Stripped Verity from Sharptail Media on Vimeo.
Simon Perkins–who guides for PRO Outfitters in Helena, Montana–has created a great video that makes the point that “the fly rod is a simple tool, with a simple purpose.”
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