We’ve got ourselves a blizzard going on up here in Vermont, so it’s nice to imagine casting a fly somewhere warmer. . .like Texas. Here’s a year-end roundup from All Water Guides, who chase. . .
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Video: Even a Bad Day of Fishing is Better Than. . .
Here’s a video that’s perfect for watching in the middle of a blizzard—as Hercules dumps snow outside here at Orvis HQ. This comedy of errors drive home the point that, no matter what happens, time on the water is. . .
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Tom admires a fine Lake St. Clair smallmouth caught in fairly cold water.
Photo courtesy JP DeRose, Breaking Boundaries
Yesterday, I was on Lake St. Clair—just outside of Detroit and Windsor, Ontario—and it was cold, rainy, and windy with water temperatures in the high 40s. If someone had asked me last week if this would. . .
Read MoreVideo: Lone Star Bass and Drum on the Colorado River
Winston Cundiff of All Water Guides, in Central Texas, sent me the link to this great video the other day. He describes it as the “greatest hits from last season on the Colorado River below Austin.” It’s great a beat, and I can dance to it, you know?
Read MoreVideo: Largemouth Bass Fishing in “The Golden Hour”
Here’s a killer video about fly-fishing for bass during that magic time as the sun drops below the horizon. Here’s how the filmmakers describe it: . . .
Read MoreVideo: Killer Topwater Bass Action at Hotel Carolina
Hotel Carolina from Robert Gibbes on Vimeo.
It’s been downright summer-like here in Vermont for the past week, so even though our topwater bass season is still a way off, this video feels just right. Watching a largemouth annihilate a popper is one of the great joys of fly fishing.
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