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The Tom Rosenbauer Trivia Challenge – Android App Edition
We have a special edition of my quiz this week to celebrate the release of the Orvis Fly Fishing App for Android devices, also available for iPhone.
All the questions were taken from the app. We have a couple of knot videos in this quiz. A lot of fun.
Click the banner below to take the quiz and then come back and tell me how you did!
In the Loop 12.02.10
I recently ran across this marvelous piece of archival film from the International Game Fish Association, which shows casting champion Bill True and guide Jim Brewer chasing tarpon in the Florida Keys. It’s a great piece of history, and it will give you a sense of how much easier. . .
Read MoreReading Between the Lines
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photo by Phil Monahan |
A couple of years ago, Eric Rickstad and I made plans to go to Montana in late April for the Orvis Western Guide Rendezvous. As soon as our travel plans were finalized, Eric started talking about a river I’d barely heard of. “We gotta hit the [REDACTED] River,” he said. “I’ve heard lots of whispering about some big browns there in spring and fall, but I’ve never had the chance to fish it.” When I mentioned that I hadn’t heard any such rumors, Eric just said, “Exactly,” and smiled knowingly. The possibility that there was an “undiscovered” river anywhere in Montana. . .
Read MoreOrvis Fly Fishing App Now Available in the Android Store!
Ok! Finally… ‘Droid users, you can now stop the emails and Facebook posts that simply say “ANDROID!!”
My friends at Green Mountain Digital submitted the Orvis Fly Fishing App to the Android store for Android version 2.1 and 2.2 last night and it is now available for download. Go to the Android store and search for ORVIS.
It was worth waiting for:
- Animated knot instruction
- Fly casting video instruction
- Top 10 fly casting mistakes (I’ve made most of them at one time or another)
- A field guide to the top 100 trout flies
- LIVE Orvis fishing reports from around the country
- A glossary of terms
- AND the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast
All of this at your fingertips! So go to the Android store, check it out and let me what you think.
In the Loop 11.29.10
Start your Monday on a calming note with this performance of Franz Schubert’s Trout Quintet, written when the composer was just 22 years old. Those of us who love fly-fishing for trout can appreciate the mood of the piece. It is a series of variations on Schubert’s earlier song “The Trout,” which begins (in German, of course): . . .
Read MoreThanksgiving Film Festival
Fly Fishing short from John Griber on Vimeo.
As you sit around trying to digest your seventh piece of pumpkin pie tomorrow, exercise your eyes with some great videos that will have you dreaming of wetting a line. Have a great holiday, and we’ll see you back here on Monday. (Three more videos after the jump.)
Read MoreThe Tom Rosenbauer Thanksgiving-Break Trivia Challenge!
Last week we ran my first trivia quiz (if you have not yet taken it, you still can, here)and the response was fantastic. Let’s see if you do as well on this one. Click on the banner with my picture, below and good luck!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Read MoreGood Ol’ PA Steel
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photo by Greg Senyo |
Scott Hawkins and his son Carter fished Pennsylvania’s Elk Creek with guide Greg Senyo Last week, and got into some good fish, as this photo attests. I think Carter’s smile pretty much says it all. Read More
In the Loop 11.22.10
Mark’s first striper on a fly – Lake Lanier from henry cowen on Vimeo.
Georgia-based (but Brooklyn-born) fly-fishing guide Henry Cowenfilms a client catching his first striped bass on a fly one morning on Lake Lanier. The first minute or so offers a great view of a pod of. . .
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