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 . . .
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Master Class Monday: How to Catch Trout from Tailouts
Today’s Master Class Monday video by Dave and Amelia Jensen is the seventh installment in an 11-part series on how to read trout water. Here, Dave explains how to fish tailouts–those shallow, slow stretches at the bottom of a pool or before a change in river features. Trout will risk being exposed in such shallow water if … Continue reading “Master Class Monday: How to Catch Trout from Tailouts”
Read MoreVideo: Small Stream Colorado, by Todd Moen
This classic video from acclaimed filmmaker and Catch Magazine editor Todd Moen is a love letter to the experience of chasing wild trout in the mountains of Colorado. In this world of “Instagram-worthy” trophy shots, guide John . . .
Read MoreMaster Class Monday: How to Find Trout In Eddies
Today’s Master Class Monday video by Dave and Amelia Jensen is the eighth installment in an 11-part series on how to read trout water. Here, Dave explains why trout love eddies–for the current break, . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Sulfur Klinkhåmer
In this latest how-to video from Tightline Productions, Tim Flagler demonstrates how he ties a version of the Klinkhåmer to imitate sulfur duns stuck in the film. As usual, there are plenty of great tying tricks for you to . . .
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. . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tip: How to Get Your Flies Out of a Tree or Bush
Devin Olsen of Tactical Fly Fisher is well known as a competition angler, video star, and fanatical angler. But did you know that he also sometimes casts his flies into the trees? Remarkable, I know. That never happens to us, amirite?
Read MoreTackle Tune-Up: Flies & Fly Boxes
Few things are more frustrating than being on the water and not knowing where to find the fly you want. Organizing your flies and fly boxes is one of the best uses of your time before the season opens. Orvis Grand Rapids Fishing Manager Trent . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Reverse Thread Direction
Some fly-tying patterns and techniques call for the tier to reverse the thread direction around the hook. Sounds easy, right? Nope. If you try to throw a half hitch or even a whip finish to anchor the thread, you’ll find that everything . . .
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 . . .
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