(Interview begins at 44:07) The winner of this year’s Orvis-Endorsed Outfitter of the Year Award is Breckenridge Outfitters, and Tim West is the glue that holds this fabulous guide service together. In the interview, Tim talks about how to decide which fly to tie on at the beginning of the day, or when you first approach the…
Here’s to Moms everywhere: Our first teachers. Our first role models. Our first guides. Our first loves. Over the years, we’ve enjoyed some gorgeous, heartfelt, emotional films about fly-fishing moms, and here are five of our favorites that you can share with your own mom on her special day. (embed)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpLt8ThtOFc(/embed) Filmmaker Aaron Hitchins turns his…
Welcome to the latest edition of the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival! Each week, we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing videos available and then serve them up for you to enjoy. Today, we’re serving up nine killer videos that offer some stunning cinematography, incredible scenery, and great fishing action. Destinations include everything…
(embed)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN_G-lfrdwg(/embed) The latest in an ongoing series of videos about fly-casting, Brian Flechsig of Mad River Outfitters explains how “wind knots” happen—hint: it ain’t the wind—and what you can do to avoid them. The key is to avoid two things, casting creep on the backcast and overpowering the forward cast. His analogy of a pitcher…
Written by: Dave Brown, of Dave Brown Outfitters Trout like this gorgeous Missouri River brown are why drift boats are such great fishing tools. The words “drift boat” cause most fly fishers to immediately go into daydream mode, fantasizing about big, trout-filled, Western rivers. A float trip is usually an all-day event in which a trio—two…
(embed)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC_SWYNUqho(/embed) Welcome to the latest installment of the Wednesday Wake-Up Call, a roundup of the most pressing conservation issues important to anglers. Working with our friends at Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, The Everglades Foundation, Captains for Clean Water, VoteWater.org, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, and Conservation Hawks (among others), we’ll make sure you’ve got the information you need…
Dutch fly tier Hans van Klinken created the original KlinkhĂĄmer Special all the way back in 1984, and it has proven so successful that many variations have emerged. What makes it so effective is the way that the body hangs below the surface, imitating an emerging mayfly or midge. To learn how to tie the…
(embed)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW7lo65dry0(/embed) Welcome to the latest installment of our series of videos called “One-Minute Fly-Tying Tips and Techniques” from Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions. Each video will teach a single tying skill, from the most basic to the advanced. Ultimately, the series will serve as a sort of encyclopedia of tying skills that will be a valuable…
(embed)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlmD2ZsuTI8(/embed) Regular blog readers know we’ve been enjoying the series of videos by Ben Sittig, a guide from Colorado, who goes by the moniker Huge Fly Fisherman. Normally, his videos are funny, snarky, and offer some solid information on the side. But this one puts the important information front and center, with the snark judiciously sprinkled…
Carp are always difficult, but around spawning time they can be extremely frustrating. But they can be caught on a fly; you just need to know where to look and which fish to target. Guide Rowan Lytle has it dialed in, and if you always wanted to catch a carp on the fly, you need to…