Welcome to the another edition of the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival! Each week, we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing videos available and then serve them up for you to enjoy. It wasn’t a banner week for great video, frankly, but we . . .
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Classic Podcast: Mousing for Trout, with Joe Cermele
This week’s guest is Joe Cermele, fishing editor of Field & Stream magazine and the one-man-band behind the terrific web series “Hook Shots.” (If you have not seen his videos, they are always . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: Always Trust Your Spidey Senses
Here’s another great video tip from Dave Jensen of Jensen Fly Fishing. Sometimes, when you’re out on the water, you see a spot where the just has to be a trout. It’s too good a lie for there not to be. But you can’t see anything there. Instead of moving to . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Time Your Fly Cast
This year, the folks at Mad River Outfitters in Columbus, Ohio, launched a new series about fly casting. In the latest episode, Brian Flechsig talks how you should think about rhythm and timing in fly casting. In fact, he even does away with the term “fly . . .
Read MoreTake a New Phil Monahan Fly-Fishing Trivia Challenge 10.24.19
Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly trivia challenge, in which we test your knowledge of all things fly fishing and where you might learn a thing or two about this sport we love. This week, we’ve got an all-new quiz, with questions about . . .
Read MorePro Tips: Phil’s Top 5 Streamers for Fall on the East Coast
Eric Rickstad took this healthy Battenkill brown trout on a black Beldar Rubberlegs.
Photo by Phil Monahan
Here in the Northeast, there’s not much bug activity in October, so you rarely run into rising trout–especially on the Battenkill near my home. Couple that with the fact that big browns are on the . . .
Read MoreWednesday Wake-Up Call 10.23.19: Congress Hearing about Pebble Mine
Today’s Wednesday Wake-Up Call is focused on important hearings that took place this morning in Washington, D.C., held by the House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (This subcommittee is part of the Committee on . . .
Read MoreClassic Video: Fall in New England, A Love Letter
Chase and Aimee of Tight Loops have produced a gorgeous paean to the late season in their native New England. From the cinematography to the slow-motion action to the music, this. . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie Jeff Blood’s White Death
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 . . .
Read MorePro Tips: How to Get a Great Photo and Still Take Care of the Fish
Since most of us practice catch-and-release with wild fish, one might argue that the most important part of a fishing trip–other than actually catching something–is the photograph. And it ensures my wife believes that I actually catch something, . . .
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