Last April, I booked a day on Nelson’s Spring Creek in Montana’s Paradise Valley, hoping to enjoy a textbook blue-winged olive hatch. Upon arrival, I rigged up with a yarn indicator, a weighted scud pattern, and then 12 inches below that a Pheasant . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie an A.K. Best Spent Caddis
In this great video, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions shows you how to tie Best’s simple, cool spent-wing caddisfly imitation. The main feature is a down wing that envelopes the dubbed body, and Tim’s method for ensuring the feather stays where it . . .
Read MoreVideo: Over, Under, Gone: The Killer in Our Rivers
As anglers, we spend a lot of time on rivers, whether we’re wading or in some sort of watercraft. And the more we engage in these activities, the more confident we become that we know . . .
Read MorePro Tips: How to Wade Safely and What to Do If You Fall In, Part II
Back in February, we posted the first part of a lesson on wading safety by Tom’s Outdoors, in the rugged Snowy Mountains of Australia. In part two, our intrepid instructor, Jimmy, puts these lessons into real-world scenarios on the Tumut River. He . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Store All Kinds of Fly-Tying Materials
Very few of us have as many fly-tying materials as Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions, but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn a lot from this cool tour of his tying room in which he describes his best tricks for storing materials. From simple Ziploc bags to . . .
Read MoreLibby Camps, Day Three: The Grand Tour
On our final day of fishing at Libby Camps, in the Maine North Woods, we wanted to catch more landlocked salmon, so we planned a fly-out to a tailwater stream southwest from the lodge. Our guides, Jeff LaBree and Pete Koch, left early to make the . . .
Read MorePodcast: Jacks Are Better, with RA Beattie
Jacks are an underrated gamefish and under-utilized resource. They take a fly aggressively, fight harder than most other saltwater gamefish, and are common in most warmer saltwater ecosystems. Yet most anglers, and most guides, pass them up on the . . .
Read MoreFriday Fly-Fishing Film Festival 05.26.23
Welcome to the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival! Each week, we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing videos available, and curate them for you. This week, we’ve got ten productions mostly from right here in the good ‘ol USA. But don’t worry: . . .
Read More5 Fly-Fishing Lessons I Learned the Hard Way
One of the great things about fly fishing is that there’s always something new to learn; dedicated anglers will never run out of new techniques, species, waters, or fly patterns to figure out. This very blog is dedicated to helping anglers of every level, from . . .
Read MorePro Tips: How to Fish Caddis-Pupa Flies
For many anglers, the words caddisfly hatch conjure up visions of epic days, when all you need to carry is a few Elk-Hair Caddis dry flies. Those who anticipate these hatches all winter long . . .
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