Spotting fish in deeper water is a great skill for an angler to have, and the key is to teach your eyes what to look for. Rarely will you see an actual fish shape. Instead, it’s about searching for an out-of-place “smudge” that seems as . . .
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Master Class Monday: How to Fish Up to a Rising Trout
When you spot a rising trout, your first impulse may be to try to catch it immediately, but that’s not always the correct decision. In this great episode of “Master Class Monday” from Jensen Fly Fishing, Amelia Jensen shows you how . . .
Read MoreMaster Class Monday: How to Fish a Seam at the Head of a Pool
The head of a pool often features an inside seam that separates the main current and an eddy. Trout love to set up inside that stream, where they can relax in the eddy but have access to the steady supply of food drifting along . . .
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 . . .
Read MoreMaster Class Mondays: How to Fish a Streamer in a Shelving Riffle
A “shelving riffle”–where fast broken water dumps into a deeper hole–offers everything a trout loves: a steady supply of oxygenated water and food, cover from predators, and a place to site out of the main current. In this . . .
Read MoreMaster Class Mondays: How to Catch Trout in Shallow-Water Undercuts
Brown trout love to hold near undercut banks because such a lie offers them the best of all worlds: they don’t have to work against a fast current, they have a conveyor-belt of food going by, and the cover of the undercut bank means that they feel safe. . . .
Read MoreMaster Class Monday: How to Fish Woolly Buggers in Rivers, Part 3
Today’s Master Class Monday video by Dave and Amelia Jensen is the the third and final part in a series about fishing Woolly Buggers. In this video, Dave demonstrates how to use his two-Bugger setup as a tightline-nymphing rig . . .
Read MoreMaster Class Monday: How to Fish Woolly Buggers in Rivers, Part 2
Today’s Master Class Monday video by Dave and Amelia Jensen is the second in a three-part series about fishing Woolly Buggers. You might be thinking, “Everybody knows how to fish a Woolly Bugger!” But think again. As Dave . . .
Read MoreOrvis Guide to Euro-Nymphing, Part 2: Demystifying Leaders and Rigging
In the second video in our seven-part series on Euro-nymphing, Tom Rosenbauer and George Daniel discuss the leaders used for these methods. Have you ever wondered why rods for Euro nymphing tend to be longer?
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