In this week’s video from Tightline Productions, Tim Flagler walks you through the process of tying the White Death streamer, created by Pennsylvania angler Jeff Blood. It’s a simple pattern that imitates a variety of species of shiner, which are . . .
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Video: How to Tie a Simple, Effective Redfish Fly
Here’s another “guide-fly” lesson from Alvin Dedeaux of All Water Guides. (Or, as he calls them, “super easy to tie, down and dirty, quick and easy, fish-catching guide flies.”) As Alvin says, he doesn’t want to create flies that are complicated or take a long . . .
Read MorePhotos: Week Three of This Year’s “20 September Days” Contest
It’s Day 21 of our “20 September Days” Photo Contest, which means that there’s a little more than a week left. So far, I’ve missed just three days; how about you? My friend Mike Sepelak is the first I’ve seen to hit the 20 mark. Good on him! It’s still not . . .
Read MoreVideo: How and Why to Use a Hackle Guard
One of the more annoying things in fly fishing is when it’s hard to thread your tippet through the eye of a fly because there are hackle fibers in the way. Hackles too close to the eye can be a problem at the vise, as well, because they can become . . .
Read MorePro Tips: Fishing for Trout Around Objects in the Current
When you get down to the micro level in a trout stream, objects in the water also help you pinpoint where trout feed. The most obvious items are rocks on the streambed, and usually it is not a . . .
Read MoreFriday Fly-Fishing Film Festival 09.17.21
Welcome to a classic edition of the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival, in which we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing videos available. I had a bit of oral surgery this morning, which left me somewhat whacked out, so this week, we’ve got a . . .
Read MorePodcast: Sascha Danylchuk on Species-Specific Release Techniques
This week my guest is Sascha Clark Danylchuk, executive director of Keepfishwet.org and a fish biologist who has intensively studied the science of releasing fish in a responsible manner. We’ve talked a lot about trout lately in the podcast, so this one . . .
Read MoreHow to “Hump Mend” with a Streamer on a Floating Line
When you’re fishing unfamiliar watcher–switching up tactics to find out what works–you probably don’t want to keep switching lines. So you end up just sticking with the floater. This means that . . .
Read More3 Classic Fly Patterns Worth Revisiting This Fall
Fall fishing often requires a more technical approach as water levels drop and hatches become smaller and scarcer. While these conditions may not typically bring to mind the clunky old classics, a few old school fly patterns still manage to excel when . . .
Read MorePhotos: Week Two of This Year’s “20 September Days” Contest
It’s Day 15 of our “20 September Days” Photo Contest, which means that we are exactly halfway through our challenge. So far, I’ve missed just one day; how about you? The fishing in southwestern Vermont has been really great, thanks in part to our rainy . . .
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