Today’s Master Class Monday video by Dave and Amelia Jensen is the second installment in an 11-part series on how to read trout water. Here, Dave focuses on grassy banks, where fish will often hold from early summer . . .
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Video Pro Tips: How to Use Wet Flies
Swinging wet flies used to be more popular than it is today, but that doesn’t mean this classic method of fly-fishing isn’t still effective. It’s a great way to search for fish in higher water–which you’ll find in abundance during spring–and. . .
Read MoreFriday Fly-Fishing Film Festival 05.12.23
Welcome to the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival! Each week, we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing videos available, and curate them for you. This week, we’re serving up ten wonderful productions focused mostly on trout, but with a little . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Jig Streamers in High, Muddy Water
Here’s a great video from George Daniel, in which he explains and demonstrates how jigging a flashy streamer right along the bank can draw strikes from hungry trout. It doesn’t take long for him to demonstrate proof of concept, as he hooks up . . .
Read MoreVideo: The Huge Fly Fisherman Explains Why Sunglasses are so Important for Anglers
Here’s a classic how-to video from Ben Sittig, a.k.a Huge Fly Fisherman, which is all about sunglasses, which perform three important functions for an angler: Eye protection, glare elimination, and expression of coolness (or not). He walks you . . .
Read MoreVideos: How to Catch Redfish on the Fly
Alvin Dedeaux of All Water Guides in Austin, Texas, splits his fishing and guiding time between the bass waters of Hill country and the redfish flats off the Texas coast. In this great three-part series, he shares a ton of information that will help you . . .
Read MoreVideo Tip: How to Make a Belgian (Oval) Cast
The Belgian Cast, also known as the “oval cast,” achieves a few things: it keeps the line under constant tension, it keeps the flies away from the caster on the back cast, and it ensures that. . .
Read MoreFriday Fly-Fishing Film Festival 05.05.23
Welcome to the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival! Each week, we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing videos available, and curate them for you. For this installment, we offer ten glorious productions focused mostly on trout, but with a little . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: 4 Flies That Will Work Anywhere
Many fly fishers carry around way more flies than they’ll ever need for a single trip, and there’s always interest in ways to lighten the load. If you had a few flies that you could always count on, you wouldn’t have to pack so many boxes, right?
Read MoreHow to “Hump Mend” with a Streamer on a Floating Line
When you’re fishing unfamiliar watcher–switching up tactics to find out what works–you probably don’t want to keep switching lines. So you end up just sticking with the floater. This means that . . .
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