Welcome to another edition of the OrvisNews.com Friday Film Festival, in which we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing footage available. This week’s collection is 100% North American—perhaps the first time this has happened in an FFF. This narrow focus doesn’t cut down the diversity of the films, though, as we’ve got. . .
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Tuesday Tip: How to Make a Roll-Cast Pickup
Welcome to another installment of “Ask an Orvis Fly-Fishing Instructor,” with me, Peter Kutzer. In this episode, I demonstrate how to make a roll-cast pickup, which has a couple of useful applications. First, it can be a time-and-effort saver. If you’re fishing fairly far out and don’t want to have to strip a bunch of line in to start a new cast, you can use the roll-cast pickup to. . .
Read MoreFriday Film Festival 12.09.11
Welcome to another edition of the OrvisNews.com Friday Film Festival, in which we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing footage available. This week’s got a banner crop: ten videos to soak up your lunch hour or to spread out over the weekend. Throughout, there is a theme of questing: embarking on a journey in search of something valuable. We’ve got. . .
Read MoreTuesday Tip: How to Make a Reach Cast
Welcome to another installment of “Ask an Orvis Fly-Fishing Instructor,” with me, Peter Kutzer. In this episode, I demonstrate how to make a reach cast, which allows you to reposition your line before it lands on the water. This comes in handy whenever you’re casting across the current, and it’s actually easier to accomplish than the standard mend. Once you’ve got the hang of the reach cast, it will become second nature to you, and you’ll hardly have to think about it.
There are a couple keys to making a proper reach cast. First, you have to wait until the forward cast is complete before you move the. . .
Read MoreFriday Film Festival 12.02.11
Welcome to another edition of the OrvisNews.com Friday Film Festival, in which we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing footage available. This week’s collection spans the globe, from the South Pacific, to the Caribbean, to Sweden—with a healthy mix from the good ol’ U.S. of A., as well. I must say that we’ve got some of the best heart-pumping. . .
Read MoreTuesday Tip: How to Properly Grip a Fly Rod
Welcome to another installment of “Ask an Orvis Fly-Fishing Instructor,” with me, Peter Kutzer. In this episode, I discuss the best way to grip a fly rod. This may seem ridiculously basic to some folks, but the grip is the foundation on which your whole cast is built. So it’s very important that you establish a comfortable grip that will help you put your fly where you want it to go. The first. . .
Read MoreFriday Film Festival 11.24.11
Welcome to the Black Friday edition of the OrvisNews.com Friday Film Festival, in which we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing footage available. Hopefully, you’re done with your Christmas shopping already, so you can sit back and enjoy the show. (That is, if you didn’t get pepper-sprayed by a “competitive shopper.”) This week’s collection offers plenty of. . .
Read MoreTuesday Tip: Parachute and Pile Casts
Welcome to another installment of “Ask an Orvis Fly-Fishing Instructor,” with me, Peter Kutzer. In this episode, I explain the differences between the parachute cast and the pile cast, both of which are slack-line casts that can be useful when you’re fishing across conflicting currents or to a fish downstream. To make a parachute cast, you stop the rod high and keep the tip. . .
Read MoreFriday Film Festival 11.18.11
Welcome to another edition of the OrvisNews.com Friday Film Festival, in which we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing footage available. This week’s collection has plenty of saltwater action, featuring films from North Carolina, the Seychelles, and even Angola. In one of these videos, you’ll learn why you don’t want a jumping tarpon next to the boat. For freshwater aficionados, we’ve got great stuff from Russia, Iceland, and. . .
Read MoreFriday Film Festival 11.11.11
Welcome to the Nigel Tufnel Memorial “This one goes to eleven” edition of the OrvisNews.com Friday Film Festival, in which we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing footage available. (And please remember that Christopher Guest also played fly-shop owner Harlan Pepper in “Best in Show,” which makes this reference even more appropriate.) This week’s collection is one. . .
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