Today’s Master Class Monday video by Dave and Amelia Jensen is the the third and final part in a series about fishing Woolly Buggers. In this video, Dave demonstrates how to use his two-Bugger setup as a tightline-nymphing rig . . .
Read MoreCreating a Dog Drool-Protected Home
Photo by: Kathryn, Smithfield
Owning a dog makes life a good measure happier—and messier. Constant fur to vacuum, muddy paws to manage, and full-body fur shakes after rainy walks. But the slimiest canine mess is the dreaded dog drool puddle. Your dog puts your devotion to the test when you sit on a drool-soaked couch cushion, or slide across the hardwood floor on a patch of slobber. The good news is, even if your best friend is a copious drooler, it’s possible…
Read MoreClassic Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival 08.07.20
Welcome to the latest edition of the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival, in which we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing videos available. This week, we serve up a baker’s dozen . . .
Read MoreVideo: Euro Nymphing vs Indicator Nymphing
Here’s the third excerpt from the video, “Modern Nymphing” from Utah fishing guide, fly tier, and filmmaker Gilbert Rowley. Many folks may still be unclear on what separates modern . . .
Read MoreWhat to Do If You Find a Tick on Your Dog
The deer tick, Ixodes scapularis, is the main vector for Lyme disease.
Photo courtesy the U.S. Department of Agriculture, via Wikimedia
This is the time of year when my dog loves to run through the tall grass in the field next to our home…which means it’s high time for ticks. These tenacious little arachnids carry any number of diseases—from Lyme disease to ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever—and your dog is not the only one in danger. Dogs often bring ticks into the house, where they may find their way onto…
Read MorePro Tips: The Keys to a Good Downstream Dead Drift
One of my favorite fishing holes in Yellowstone National Park is where the Yellowstone River flows over a ledge of volcanic rock into a very deep pool. When blue-winged olives are hatching, huge cutthroats come to the . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Retrieve Streamers, Wet Flies, and Nymphs in Still Water
When rivers are blown out from runoff or rain, lakes and ponds offer some of your best chances to catch trout. Many anglers think that stillwater fishing involves little more than chucking a fly out . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Stonefly Creeper
Preston Jennings lived in Brooklyn, New York, and spent a lot of time fly fishing in the Catskills. His 1935 A Book of Trout Flies is considered one of the first serious attempts to connect the science . . .
Read MoreOrvis Guide to Euro-Nymphing, Part 7: Detecting Strikes
In this final installment of our seven-part series on Euro-nymphing, Tom Rosenbauer and George Daniel discuss how you detect strikes with this system. Since you’re fishing with your flies near the bottom, you’ll sometimes catch bottom. But if you’re snagging bottom too often, strike detection becomes more difficult. The sighter serves as both a depth … Continue reading “Orvis Guide to Euro-Nymphing, Part 7: Detecting Strikes”
Read MoreVideo: Barbed vs. Barbless Hooks
Although there are places where regulations require barbless hooks, the decision of whether to go barbed or barbless is usually left to the angler. In this video, Tim Flagler discusses the pros . . .
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