To be a really effective fly fisherman, you have to be ready and able to make adjustments to your rigging to match the conditions or the kinds of flies you’re using. If you fish with a knotless, tapered leader and want to change tippet size, you don’t need a new leader. Instead, you can. . .
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Classic Podcast: Three and a Half Tips on Fly Fishing for Steelhead
In this classic episode of The Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast (from 2010), I offer three tips for fly fishing for steelhead, dealing with location, timing and, presentation. Since it is not as important, I threw in half a tip on tackle. As you’ll hear, this was the early days of this. . .
Read MoreTuesday Tip: Tom Rosenbauer on How to Set the Hook
Knowing how to correctly set the hook will mean more fish brought to hand.
Photo courtesy Tyler Atkins
Most fish lost in fly-fishing are lost either at the moment you strike or when you attempt to land them. Playing a fish on a fly rod is a relatively simple matter of making the fish work against the spring of the rod until the fish gets. . .
Read MorePodcast: Man-Eating Salmon and the Latest From the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
On this week’s podcast, we discuss man-eating Chinook salmon, the ethics of going back to a spot that a guide has taken you to, what BWOs are, possible cranefly hatches, stomach pumps, and. . .
Read MorePodcast: An Interview with Kirk Deeter, author of The Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing for Carp
In addition to an interview with Kirk Deeter, author of The Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing for Carp, this week’s podcast features discussions of how fly fishing can be a pain in the neck, fishing above waterfalls, jeans under waders, split shot on spring creeks, Tenkara and. . .
Read MorePodcast: Twelve Big Tips for Fishing Small Flies
This week we’ll discuss 12 tips for fishing tiny dry flies, a topic of great interest this time of year. In the Fly Box, we range from a good general saltwater outfit to clinch knots to night fishing with two flies to how much line to have out when you are. . .
Read MorePodcast: Doc Thompson and High-Altitude Trout Fishing
In this episode, I interview Doc Thompson, legendary New Mexico fly-fishing guide and an all-around great guy. Doc shares tips for finding and catching high-altitude trout in small streams. In the Fly Box, we range from. . .
Read MoreTuesday Tip: Four Tips on Tippets
One of the easiest ways to improve your presentation in your trout fishing is to pay more attention to your tippet. It’s as important as the fly pattern you choose, and the size and length and taper of the terminal end of your leader can even determine how your casts look and feel.
Read MorePodcast: The Coming Carpocalypse
This week, I interview Adam McNamara of Orvis Portland in one of our continuing series of carp podcasts. As usual, I learned some hot new tricks (like how to imitate a clam with a fly!), and I am sure you will, as well. Adam is the founder and organizer of Carpocalypse, one of the. . .
Read MoreVideo Tuesday Tip: Fishing Close to Home
Don’t wait for your vacation to break out the fly rods…
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