The new season of The New Fly Fisher kicked off this weekend, with Tom and host Mark Melnyk traveling to southern Belize to fly-fish for the big-three flats species–bonefish, permit, and tarpon. They fish in a variety of conditions and types of . . .
Read MoreMaster Class Monday: How to Avoid Micro-Drag
Drag on a dry fly or nymph can be insidious, causing you to get more refusals, misses, and bad hook sets. Sometimes, this drag is barely visible to the fly fisher, either on a floating dry fly or on an indicator when nymph fishing. But it can be enough to . . .
Read MoreFriday Fly-Fishing Film Festival 01.03.20
Welcome to the first 2020 edition of the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival! Each week, we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing videos available and then serve them up for you to enjoy. This week, we’ve got sixteen glorious productions that will . . .
Read MoreClassic Podcast: Advanced Steelhead Tips with Chuck Hawkins
Catching steelies on the swing is the name of the game in Chuck’s boat…
Photo courtesy Chuck Hawkins
Photo courtesy Chuck Hawkins
This week, I interview Chuck Hawkins, one of the most experienced Great Lakes steelhead guides, who also travels the world in search of trout and other species. He’s a former Trout Bum of the . . .
Read MorePro Tips: How to Set the Hook
The classic “trout set” involves simpy raising your rod tip to the sky to come tight to the fish.
Photo by Sandy Hays
Most fish lost in fly-fishing are lost either at the moment you strike or when you attempt to land them. Playing a fish on a fly rod is a relatively simple matter of making the fish work against. . .
Read MoreVideo: Amazing Tarpon and Permit in Belize
Here’s the fifth installment of the “Buffet Series” from Gilbert Rowley and Phil Tuttle, in which they head to El Pescador–on Ambergris Caye in Belize–to chase tarpon and permit. There are plenty of incredible leaps, underwater shots, and . . .
Read MoreOrvis Dog-Training Tips, Episode 5: What is a Training Cue?
In this episode, Susanna discusses how to communicate with a dog through “cues,” signals that let the dog know that you want something. Note that the goal is to make small cues, rather than punitive ones. The release is just as important as the . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Zelon Musk Midge
Whipping up a tiny midge pattern seems daunting to many tiers, but a minuscule fly doesn’t need to be difficult. The Zelon Musk Midge uses just two materials, and it doesn’t require any fussy . . .
Read MoreVideo: Helping Dogs Live Their Best Lives . . With Us
Video: Helping Dogs Live Their Best Lives . . With Us
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How was your New Year’s Eve? DO you need to just spend some time on the couch today? Well, you’re in luck: This evening at 6 p.m., Animal Planet is running the AKC National Championship Dog Show. The three-hour televised broadcast will . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Break Down and Put Away Your Fly Rod
This is the time of year when many folks are trying out the fly rods they got for Christmas. Yesterday, Pete Kutzer showed you how to set up your fly rod. Here, he demonstrates the process for putting it away at the end of a casting or fishing session. By . . .
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