(embed)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHuBJ1vnzzA(/embed) Runoff has started in the west, and where the snowpack was highest, it’s only getting worse. Here’s a helpful video where Fred Telleen shares some tips to help you catch and land more fish on streamers when casting from the bank. He talks about tackle, flying and the little details that can make the…
To measure your arm, place your elbow against a wall and then the end of a tape measure against the wall.Photo by Rachel Barlow During my time as a guide I quickly learned that most anglers have no idea how to judge the size of a fish by sight. Two-thirds of my customers would look…
Welcome to the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival! Every week we scour the internet for the best fly fishing videos available and compile them for you. This week we feature a dozen trout baker videos that will take you to destinations you may not have given much thought to, such as the Germanic parts…
The better your throw, the more fun you will have and the more relaxed you will be on the water. Pete Kutzer is one of the best casting instructors in the world and one of the best anglers you will meet. This means that he teaches casting to make fishing more enjoyable and is therefore…
This silvery beach snake had fallen for a Hot Legs Gotcha that was crawling across the bottom at a snail’s pace.Photo by Brent Wilson Summer is the best time of year to stroll Florida beaches in search of snooks. Previously I covered five tactics for catching these refined and hearty fish, now I want to…
(embed)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF2FHnu7lTI(/embed) Here’s another good video from Brain Flechsig’s ongoing series on fly casting Mad River Outfitters in Columbus, Ohio. Here he gives two basic tips: 1. Always start and end the cast with the tip of the rod low; and 2. the timing of the instrumentation is simple 4/4 time. But if you watch the…
You may be surprised at how effective bear spray has proven over the past few decades.Photo via Wikipedia At this time of year, many anglers and wilderness lovers take trips into the back country, often to places where there are wild bears. In the vast majority of situations, humans and bears coexist peacefully in the…
(embed)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59QbfRmhbGc(/embed) The people of Trout fly fishing in Denver have started an instructional video series, hosted by Director of Education and Tour Guide Courtney Despos – who appeared on Tom Rosenbauer’s podcast a few years ago – that will walk you through some of the basic skills you need to get started with fly fishing.…
(embed)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wax2KenwhU(/embed) Welcome to the latest edition of the Wednesday Wake-Up Call, a roundup of the most pressing conservation issues important to anglers. Working with our friends at Unlimited trout, Backcountry hunters and anglersThe Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, The Everglades Foundation, Clean water captains, VoteWater.orgAnd Conservation Falcon (among other things) we make sure you have the…
Written by: Dave Brown, Dave Brown Outfitters And Channel & Brown Outfitting Company Clockwise from top left: Sawyer’s original, Troth’s Americanized version, a Beadhead Flashback PT, and a version with a CDC collar on a jig hook. Last April I booked a day at Nelson’s Spring Creek in Montana’s Paradise Valley in hopes of enjoying…