(embed)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qafCab7oDw4(/embed) Anglers talk a lot about “the fish behind that rock,” but too many of us overlook the trout lie in front of that rock. In this great video from The New Fly Fisher, Colin McKeown explains why fish will hold in the hydro cushion or “pillow” on the upstream side of an obstruction. There…
In our weekly fly-tying videos from Tightline Productions, Tim Flagler demonstrates the best way to tie a specific pattern teaching us useful skills that make us better tiers overall. This week, however, he’s switched to “down and dirty” mode to show how he ties a guide-fly version of the legendary Pat’s Rubberlegs. Simple, fast, and…
(embed)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbL9RDmZXdU(/embed) Drag on a dry fly or nymph can be insidious, causing you to get more refusals, misses, and bad hook sets. Sometimes, this drag is barely visible to the fly fisher, either on a floating dry fly or on an indicator when nymph fishing. But it can be enough to cause a trout to…
(embed)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c7_7Et1EQI(/embed) Here’s the latest installment in an ongoing series of videos called “One-Minute Fly-Tying Tips and Techniques” from Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions. Each video teaches 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 resource…
(Interview starts at 41:18) Scott Ducharme is an assistant professor of motor control and learning at Long Beach University, as well as a fly fisher and podcast listener. He has a few quick tests you can do at home to check your balance, and then some simple exercises you can do at home (without any…
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. This week, we’re serving up 10 wonderful productions that will get you pumped up for a weekend on the water, as…
Written by: Peter Stitcher By looking to the skies, you can narrow your dry-fly options dramatically.Photos via orvis.com Successful fly fishers approach the water like detectives. By gathering clues along the trail, on the streambanks, and from the air, they you can make an educated guess about which fly patterns will work best. It’s always…
Rather than follow an established recipe, creative fly tiers will often experiment at the vise to see what they can come up with on their own. That’s exactly what Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions did when he first tied the Just Another Euro Jig: He looked at the materials that were already lying on his…
(embed)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XslZhorHIT4(/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…
(embed)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikj3ibwY0n8(/embed) Here’s the latest installment in an ongoing series of videos called “One-Minute Fly-Tying Tips and Techniques” from Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions. Each video teaches 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 resource…