Low, clear water makes for difficult fly fishing. You can decide to hang up our waders until the next rainfall, or you can embrace the challenge, and develop into a better (more patient) angler. Just as with other aspects of life, the best lessons arise from . . .
Read MorePodcast: Secrets of Late-Season Panfishing, with Bart Lombardo
Panfish are easy to find and catch in the spring and early summer. But later in the season? Not so much. Panfish are still around, but you need to look for them in different places and use modified techniques. New Jersey Guide Bart Lombardo is an expert . . .
Read MorePhotos: Week One of This Year’s “20 September Days” Contest
It’s Day 7 of our “20 Days in September” Photo Contest, and since “thirty days hath September,” you could start today and still complete the challenge. How are you doing so far? I’m doing great, having fished every day so far, and I’ve been focused on . . .
Read MoreVideo: Alvin’s Lesson on Leaders
Here’s another great how-to video from Alvin Dedeaux of All Water Guides, who shares his knowledge pretty regularly to help fly fishers better understand the tools of the sport. In this video, he shares the basics of how a leader works, why you’d want a . . .
Read MoreFriday Fly-Fishing Film Festival 09.06.24
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 featuring 14 wonderful productions, . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Master the Reach Cast
In this great video from the Orvis Fly Fishing Learning Center chapter on Finding Trout, casting instructor Pete Kutzer explains why the reach cast is so useful–because it incorporates a mend into the cast. This helps the . . .
Read MoreOrvis-Backed Golden Retriever Lifetime Study Celebrates 12 Years
Orvis is incredibly proud to celebrate this anniversary with the Morris Animal Foundation in connection with its groundbreaking Golden Retriever Lifetime Study. This pioneering project, launched in June 2012, aims to address a significant gap in . . .
Read MoreWednesday Wake-Up Call: 09.04.24
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 . . .
Read MoreStaying Connected at Wyoming’s Brush Creek Ranch
There were only a couple of hours of daylight left on the last day of a weeklong angling trip to Brush Creek Ranch in Wyoming. The nearby storm was threatening, with its darkening skies, a series of loud, thunderous bellows, and light rain. To add to . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Holy Grail Caddis Emerger
The Holy Grail pattern can be tied to imitate a host of nymphs and emergers. It’s one of those just-plain-buggy flies that works in a variety of situations, so it pays to carry the pattern in your . . .
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