Welcome to another installment of “Ask an Orvis Fly-Fishing Instructor,” with me, Peter Kutzer. In this episode, I demonstrate how to make aerial mends in your line, creating an upstream or downstream mend before your. . .
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This week we have an advanced pike and musky podcast. It’s about time for these toothy guys to prowl the shallows after spawning, and they are ravenous. But you might be surprised by the retrieve speed my expert suggests, as. . .
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Last October, we posted a video on tying the Davy Knot by my friend Zach Matthews. With all due respect to Zach, the folks at Tightline productions have got higher. . .
Read MoreThis week, I had a great talk with Henry Cowen on freshwater stripers. Henry is a saltwater angler and fly tier of great experience who brought his talents to freshwater stripers, and he has some wonderful tips for finding these big guys, flies to use, and techniques to get them to. . .
Read MoreThis week I don’t have much of a Fly Box, because I just have not been getting many questions from listeners. Where are you? I’m lonely here. But I do have a big interview with the great Joe Humphreys, a savvy, iconoclastic fly fisher whom I’ve admired for. . .
Read MoreWarning: This week’s podcast, beside the usual Fly Box questions, contains a blatant commercial plug. I am often asked the difference between the original Helios and Helios 2 rods, and I think we have spelled it out pretty well in our. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Jim Mitchell, Montana Hunting & Fishing Adventures
My story is not uncommon: My wife, Bonnie, didn’t like to fly fish. Every time we would go out and I would try to teach her, in her eyes I was being a jerk, telling her how it must be done. This was frustrating because, as an. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Tim Linehan
In the spring, daily conditions can change dramatically. Wednesday it’s cool, overcast, and the river is in great shape. Thursday you show up at the boat ramp to find that thunder storms in. . .
Read MoreThis week we have what I feel is one of our best podcasts ever—an interview with Colby Trow of Mossy Creek Fly Shop on his advanced tactics for catching smallmouth bass. I learned a ton in this podcast, and it makes me want to. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Kip Vieth, Wildwood Float Trips
I have been at this game a long time, and the most common question I get asked is, “What size rod should I bring up for our trip?” I guide 99% of the time for smallmouth bass and musky on the rivers of. . .
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