For the third installment of his Facebook Live series “Tying with Tom,” Tom focused on spinners, explaining when and why they’re effective for trout and demonstrating how to tie two versions of Rusty Spinner. For the foreseeable future, we will be doing these events every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 3 p.m. Eastern, so keep … Continue reading “Video: Episode 3 of “Tying with Tom””
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Video: How to Fish Streamers for Big Trout
The folks at The New Fly Fisher recently posted this full episode of the Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing, featuring the man himself, Tom Rosenbauer. This installment is all about fishing streamers and . . .
Read More“Fly Tying with Tom” #3 Is Live on Facebook This Afternoon!
Since so many folks are working at home, we’ve launched a series of Facebook Live fly-tying events as a way to connect. The third “Fly Tying with Tom” event happens TODAY at 3 p.m. (EDT) on the Orvis Fly Fishing . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Puterbaugh Caddis Variant
Colorado’s Arkansas River is famous for its caddisfly hatches, and guide Don Puterbaugh guided on the Arkansas until he was 80 years old. (Read a cool profile of Don here.) He developed this high-floating imitation for the . . .
Read MorePro Tips: Protect Yourself from Sun and Bugs
Fly fishers spend a lot time battling the elements, but some problems are easier to solve than others. For instance cold, wind, and rain have obvious solutions: Just add more clothing–whether it’s a waterproof jacket, a whole . . .
Read MoreClassic Tuesday Tip: How to Unravel a Knotless, Tapered Leader
Form the fingers of your left hand into a cone, slide the coils over the cone, and then spread your fingers.
Photo by Phil Monahan
Do you ever have trouble getting a new knotless, tapered leader from the package to the end of your line? When I was a guide, I used to watch anglers struggle with this all the time. Sometimes they’d end up with a tangle bad enough that. . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Fish a Bass Popper for Maximum Effect
I spend a lot time during the season casting bass poppers and sliders from the family canoe. There’s definitely a way to do it right, and Colin McKeown from The New Fly Fisher offers. . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Fish Moving Water
The much-anticipated new season of the Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing will premier Tuesday, March 31 on the World Fishing Network, so we’re going to start posting episodes of Season 1 every day. If you can’t wait, you can watch them all on Amazon Prime. In Episode 4, host Tom Rosenbauer teaches you how to fish on rivers … Continue reading “Video: How to Fish Moving Water”
Read MoreVideo: How to Create a Yarn or Fiber Crab Body
In this week’s video, Tim offers several ingenious tricks that make tying crab flies much easier. I especially like the chip-clip method for ensuring uniformity of shape. If you plan to fish in salt water, you’ll want to watch this.
Read MoreVideo: Episode 2 of “Tying with Tom”
For the second installment of his Facebook Live series “Tying with Tom,” we worked out all the technical difficulties, and Tom demonstrated how to tie two versions of Russell Blessing’s Woolly Bugger. We will be doing these events . . .
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