This week, Tim shows you a cool trick that can come in handy if you can’t find your scissors, or if you just feel like impressing your buddies. Using just his fingers and thread tension, Tim makes a whip-finish and then comes the really neat part: he cuts . . .
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Video: Dave Hughes on the Secret to Fishing Midges in Rivers
Back in April, the Deschutes River Alliance held an event featuring four icons of fly fishing in the Northwest: Rick “the Bug Man” Hafele, Dave “the Tactician” Hughes, Scott “the Storyteller” Richmond, and Jeff “Mr. Metolius” Perin. In this great clip, Dave . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: River Safety is SERIOUS Business
Ben Sittig, a.k.a. Huge Fly Fisherman, is known for his snarky, funny takes on the sport, but if there’s one thing that he doesn’t treat as a joke, it’s safety on the water. He often has his wife, his kids, and his mom in his own boat, and he realizes that his . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Fly-Fish for Bass, Part III–Techniques
Recently, our friend Alvin Dedeaux of Orvis-endorsed All Water Guides in Austin, Texas, posted a three-part series of videos on how to get started fly-fishing for bass. In Part III, he gets to the heart of the matter, discussing the . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Light Cahill Quigley Cripple
California fly-tying legend Bob Quigley (1950-2012) was an early proponent of tying patterns to imitate specific moments in an insect’s life, rather than just focusing on the main stages of nymph, dun, and spinner. Fishing on Fall River in 1978, he . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Fly-Fish for Bass, Part II–Gear
Recently, our friend Alvin Dedeaux of Orvis-endorsed All Water Guides in Austin, Texas, posted a three-part series of videos on how to get started fly-fishing for bass. In Part II, he delves into what gear you’ll need to get started . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Make a Sparkle Pupa Body
This week, Tim shows you an ingenious and simple method for creating the “bubble” body of a Sparkle Pupa, one of Gary Lafontaine’s greatest creations. Many tiers struggle with this feature, but Tim has an “automagic” way to “inflate” the . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Fly-Fish for Bass, Part I
Recently, our friend Alvin Dedeaux of Orvis-endorsed All Water Guides in Austin, Texas, posted a three-part series of videos on how to get started fly-fishing for bass. He kicks things off by saying that many folks ask him why they . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: There’s No “Right” Style of Fly Casting
Here’s an important video in Orvis casting instructor Pete Kutzer’s series on getting started in fly fishing. Pete discusses one of the more contentious subjects in fly casting: whether or not there’s a . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Superfine Sulphur Spinner
It’s sulphur season in much of the country, when these bright yellow mayflies emerge or return to the water at dusk. When there are tons of bugs on the water, trout have plenty of options to choose from, and they’re often more likely to eat something . . .
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