A reach cast allows you to reposition your line, upstream or downstream of the fly, before the line lands on the water. This comes in handy whenever you’re casting across the current, and. . .
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Video Pro Tips: How to Find Pike and Muskies
In some parts of the country, the end of summer into fall is a great time to chase northern pike and muskellunge. Here are two great videos from the Orvis Fly Fishing Learning Center, in which Tom . . .
Read MorePhotos and Story: 3 Days on the Flats of Belize
Last week, I returned from my third visit to El Pescador Lodge in northern Belize. Obviously this trip was under different circumstances than my previous ones, so I had to take additional precautions to get there: I was . . .
Read MoreVideo: Using Science to Save a Trout Subspecies
Most fly fishers have seen photos or videos of the massive Lahontan cutthroat trout from Nevada’s Pyramid Lake, but there are dozens more populations, many of which are geographically isolated. This isolation leads to lowered . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Craft-Fur Clouser Minnow
Bob Clouser’s minnow pattern was originally developed for smallmouth bass, but it has become a fly-box staple for anglers chasing saltwater species, warmwater big game, and even trout. The . . .
Read MoreAsk the Experts: What Are Your Top 5 Fall Flies?
Angler Steven Meyer basks in incredible foliage on the Nantahala River in North Carolina.
Photo by Jimmy Harris, Unicoi Outfitters
Last year, we introduced a new weekly “Ask the Experts” Column and asked you to pose some questions for our panel of experts. Our latest question for them to chew on is: “What are . . .
Read MoreMeet the Winner of a Classic Range Rover in Our Recent Sweepstakes
Last September, we launched our latest Drive Off in the Range Rover County sweepstakes. The Grand Prize was a 1995 Range Rover Classic LWB in iconic Epsom Green, carefully restored to its original glory and finished with one-of-a . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Fish a Nymph Off a Gravel Shelf
When you’re not catching anything on a dry fly in the pool below a gravel shelf, it’s time to switch over to a nymph under an indicator. In this great video from Jensen Fly Fishing, Dave Jensen shows how he rigs the . . .
Read MoreVideo: Tying with Craft Fur, Part III
In part III of his series on Craft Fur, Tim demonstrates an ingenious method for creating tapered ends on a clump of Craft Fur. This allows you easily to create realistic-looking tails on streamer patterns. All you gotta do is split, flip . . .
Read MorePodcast Double Feature: the Everglades from a guide’s and a scientist’s perspectives
The flow of freshwater flow through the Everglades is an issue that Orvis has worked on for a number of years as one of our major conservation projects, and we’ve had some strong partners on the ground, such as the Everglades . . .
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