This week, my guest is artist Bob White, a beloved painter of fly-fishing and bird hunting scenes. Bob has illustrated John Gierach’s magazine pieces for years and also illustrated the current version of The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide. . . .
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Podcast: More Winter Fly-Fishing Tips, with Rachel Leinweber
My guest this week is Rachel Leinweber, general manager of Angler’s Covey fly shop in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She also guides on the South Platte River and serves on the board of the American Fly Fishing . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Make Snap-T and Double Spey Casts
Here’s another great video from the redesigned Orvis Fly Fishing Learning Center. Casting instructor Pete Kutzer teaches you two inportant casts you can make with a two-handed or single-handed fly rod. In fact, . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Organize Your Fly-Fishing Gear
I have to admit that I need a better strategy for organizing my fly-fishing gear. In this video, Colin McKeown of The New Fly Fisher walks us through his system for storing his gear in such a way that he can quickly . . .
Read MorePodcast: Winter Fly-Fishing Tips, Part 1, with Tim Johnson
I’ve begun a series of winter trout-fishing podcasts with various experts around the country. I think it will be interesting to see how their approaches compare, what flies and leaders they use, and how they keep their hands . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Fish Tailwaters
In this great video from the Orvis Fly Fishing Learning Center chapter on Finding Trout, Tom Rosenbauer talks about why tailwaters are such productive fisheries and how you should change tactics the farther downstream from . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Set Up an Indicator Rig for Steelhead
In this great video from the Orvis Fly Fishing Learning Center chapter on Great Lakes steelhead, expert angler Jeff Blood demonstrates his preferred rig for indicator-fishing for steelhead–including leader, indicator, weight, . . .
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: Huge Fly Fisherman on the Gulf of Mexico + 5 Tips
Today’s Huge Fly Fisherman video covers three days of inshore fly fishing in various marshes in the Gulf of Mexico, fishing out of Mississippi and Louisiana. We captured plenty of shot, some wins, and a few fails under sunny . . .
Read MoreVideo 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. . . .
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