Once a brown trout gets above a foot long, it turns into a voracious predator. And there’s nothing more universal to cast and present to big brown trout than the simplest of trout flies, the Woolly Bugger! In this video, Amelia and I . . .
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Master Class Monday: How to Set the Hook on Spinner-Eating Trout
In the seventh installment of their 10-part series on how to fish a spinner fall, Dave and Amelia Jensen show how important line control is to setting the hook on trout eating small spinners. If you throw your rod skyward too quickly, ripping the line and . . .
Read MoreMaster Class Monday: How to Catch Trout Along Grassy Banks
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 . . .
Read MoreMaster Class Monday: How to Fish a Spinner Fall, Introduction
Spinner falls present anglers with wonderful opportunities to catch rising trout, but these egg-layer events can also offer plenty of challenges. The flies are tiny, the light is usually love, the presentations can be difficult, and so on. In this great episode of . . .
Read MoreMoment of Thrill 03.23.21
Fly fishers describe a hard-fighting fish as being “hot,” and occasionally can take you by surprise with it’s hard runs and crazy jumps. This rainbow trout goes ballistic from the moment it is hooked, requiring the angler to use all . . .
Read MorePodcast: Why did I miss that fish? With Dave Jensen
Swing, hit, and miss–why did you not connect with that fish? Did it just miss your fly? Did you strike too soon? Did you strike too late? Or did the fish refuse your fly even though it looked like a take? Dave Jensen . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Know When to Change Flies
Here’s an information-packed videos from Dave and Amelia of Jensen Fly Fishing, in which they discuss their thought processes for changing flies when they’re casting to a specific fish. . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Fish a Nymph Off a Gravel Shelf
When you’re not catching anything on a dry fly in the pool below a gravel shelf, it’s time to switch over to a nymph under an indicator. In this great video from Jensen Fly Fishing, Dave Jensen shows how he rigs the . . .
Read MoreMaster Class Monday: How to Fish a Corner Pool, Part II
Corner pools always look inviting to anglers because they provide everything a big trout needs: depth, overhead cover, and a steady supply of food. Last week, Dave Jensen explained how to fish the lower part of the the pool below a . . .
Read MoreMaster Class Mondays: How to Fish a Corner Pool, Part I
Corner pools always look inviting to anglers because they provide everything a big trout needs: depth, overhead cover, and a steady supply of food. In this great episode of “Master Class Monday,” Dave . . .
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