This week, Tim shows you how to make a fast (or “phast”) body on a Pheasant Tail Nymph. If you’re planning to tie a bunch of these great patterns, speeding-up the process can be a big help. The key is having . . .
Read MoreOrvis Guide to Euro-Nymphing, Part 1: Overview
In the first video in our seven-part series on Euro-nymphing, Tom Rosenbauer and George Daniel discuss the basics of the technique and what separates Euro-nymphing from standard nymphing with a strike indicator. George explains . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: Fly Choice vs. Presentation
Here’s a quick and dirty tip—from The New Fly Fisher host Bill Spicer and Falcon’s Ledge guide (and former Trout Bum of the Week) Bryan Eldredge—about the relationship between. . .
Read MoreMaster Class Monday: How to Set the Hook on Spinner-Eating Trout
In the seventh installment of their 10-part series on how to fish a spinner fall, Dave and Amelia Jensen show how important line control is to setting the hook on trout eating small spinners. If you throw your rod skyward too quickly, ripping the line and . . .
Read MoreFriday Fly-Fishing Film Festival 06.04.21
Welcome to an all new edition of the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival! This week, we’ve got eleven great productions, with a focus on down-home fishing, rather than exotic . . .
Read MorePodcast: Atlantic Salmon and the Miramichi, with Neville Crabbe
This week, my guest is Neville Crabbe of the Atlantic Salmon Federation. He tells us the details of a major project to eradicate smallmouth bass from the famous Miramichi River, one of the . . .
Read MoreTake an ALL-NEW Phil Monahan Fly-Fishing Trivia Challenge 06.03.21
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 ten all . . .
Read MorePro Tips: Top 5 Subsurface Flies for Largemouth Bass
Written by: Alvin Dedeaux, All Water Guides
Subsurface patterns, such as this crawfish, will take bass when they’re not willing to eat bugs on top.
Photo courtesy All Water Guides
Just like trout, largemouth bass spend most of their time feeding below the surface. And as most people would agree that catching trout on dry flies is more exciting, watching a bass explode on . . .
Read MorePro Tips: Keep Terrestrials Riding Low
One of the reasons that fly fishers love casting terrestrials is that these patterns are usually really easy to see on the water–compared to, say, a size 20 Blue-winged Olive. And one of the . . .
Read MoreVideo: The Keys to Boat-Ramp Etiquette
In this week’s how-to video from Ben Sittig, a.k.a Huge Fly Fisherman, he continues to establish his role as the Emily Post of the angling world. Last week, he covered on-stream etiquette, and here he tackles proper boat-ramp . . .
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