In this excerpt from the Orvis Fly Fishing Learning Center, Tom Rosenbauer explains why fish are found in front of midstream rocks and logs as often as they are found behind such . . .
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Video Pro Tip: Learning by Watching Trout Rises
Most of us are in prime dry-fly season now, so enjoy it while you can (or after runoff ends, depending on where you are). You can learn a lot about how to present your fly by watching rises for a few minutes before jumping right in with a cast. And . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How To Rig a Dry and Dropper
We have written many times about how to rig and fish a dropper rig. (See here for a bunch of posts on the subject.) Here’s a great, basic video from the folks at Western New York’s Twig ‘N’ Timber Archery. I agree with the host’s main point that, usually, . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie a Get It Down Pat’s
A few summers ago, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions showed us how to tie an original Pat’s Rubber Legs, the creation of Idaho guide Pat Bennett. This big, buggy stonefly imitation has become . . .
Read MoreClassic Video: Joe Humphreys on Nymphing Techniques
Our Canadian friends at The New Fly Fisher television show have released a fantastic 22-minute episode on Youtube this week. Featuring one of the sport’s true masters, Joe. . .
Read MoreVideo: 5 Strategies for Fishing High Water
Here’s a great video from Fly Fish Food, in which Curtis Fry talks you through his top tips for finding and catching trout in high water. (A lot of folks in the West are going to need these tips in the coming weeks or months.) A lot of anglers are . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Hold Your Scissors While Tying
One of the keys to good fly tying is efficiency, especially if you want to tie a lot of flies at a single sitting. Putting down and picking up tools wastes a lot of time and energy, so Tim shows you how to keep . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Use Wet Flies
Swinging wet flies used to be more popular than it is today, but that doesn’t mean this classic method of fly-fishing isn’t still effective. It’s a great way to search for fish in higher water–which you’ll find in abundance during spring–and. . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Jig Streamers in High, Muddy Water
Here’s a great video from George Daniel, in which he explains and demonstrates how jigging a flashy streamer right along the bank can draw strikes from hungry trout. It doesn’t take long for him to demonstrate proof of concept, as he hooks up . . .
Read MoreVideo: The Huge Fly Fisherman Explains Why Sunglasses are so Important for Anglers
Here’s a classic how-to video from Ben Sittig, a.k.a Huge Fly Fisherman, which is all about sunglasses, which perform three important functions for an angler: Eye protection, glare elimination, and expression of coolness (or not). He walks you . . .
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