The folks at Trouts Fly Fishing in Denver have launched an educational video series hosted by director of education and guide Courtney Despos–who appeared on Tom Rosenbauer’s podcast last year–who walks you through . . .
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Video Pro Tips: How to Tie a Double Surgeon’s Knot
In this great video, guide Courtney Despos teaches you how to create a a double surgeon’s knot, which allows you to connect two pieces of monofilament or fluorocarbon of different diameters. . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Replace Your Tippet
When you’re using a knotless tapered leader, the last section before you tie on the fly is the tippet. Over time, as you change flies and tie new knots, that tippet section will get shorter and shorter, until your 9-foot leader is more like 7½ feet. So, you just . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Tie a Blood Knot
When it comes to connector knots, I’m definitely a blood-knot guy. I know how to tie the surgeon’s knot, but I just prefer the look and feel of a blood knot, which is perfectly symmetrical and in-line. The folks at Trouts Fly . . .
Read MoreVideo: 3 Fishing Knots You’ll Use Every Day
In this week’s video from Huge Fly Fisherman, Ben Sittig talks you through the three fly-fishing knots that he uses most often. As you might imagine, these knots cover the most common scenarios: tying on a fly to . . .
Read MorePro Tips: The Only Two Terminal Knots You Really Need
What’s the best knot for attaching a hook to nylon or fluorocarbon? The answer has to begin with, “It depends on . . . .” Line-to-hook knots have so many variables that the notion of a single, universally best connection makes no sense, . . .
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