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TROUT Tip – debarbing
If you’re planning to catch and release the fish you’re after, debarbing the hook is the number one way to release fish with success. Watch Orvis’ Tom Rosenbauer explain the why and how behind debarbing your hooks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L3Ow6Wp9ik&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=91
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TROUT Tip – knots
Knots are critical to a successful day on the water.
Knots are critical to a successful day on the water. Tom Rosenbauer from Orvis shows us how to tie 3 knots you need to use on the water....and a few extra tips to ensure all goes well when tying them while fishing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ghw_DsLmgU&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=90
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TROUT Tip – basic tools
Tom Rosenbauer from Orvis teaches us what tools are essential to have for a great day of fly fishing. Give it a watch and learn what tools you need and how to use them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GubA-2wsU4Y&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=89
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TROUT Tip – reach cast
We’ve talked about mending and how that can improve your presentation. That happens once your line is already on the water. This week’s video talks about the reach cast, which is essentially a mend in the air. Check it out and give it a try next time you’re out fishing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7YSh-_uKiU&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=78
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Spring is a great time to fish the “bunny hatch”
It's Easter season, so I thought it would be appropriate to mention the “bunny hatch.” No, this isn’t about the eggs that the Easter Bunny leaves. This is about flies that use rabbit or squirrel Zonker strips. Bennett's Lunch Now that I’ve done my best attempt at a pun, let’s talk about patterns. Leeches, Slump…
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Want bigger trout in the Driftless? Eat some smaller ones
When I first joined Trout Unlimited and became engaged in environmentalism in the early 90s, the catch and release ethic was so much a part of our ethos that it took on a moral, almost religious quality. Today, I believe it is still an important management tool and absolutely critical in some situations (obviously where we…
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TROUT Tip – ready to fish
While not a casting tip, this tip from TU’s Kirk Deeter can help you move from spot to spot with ease and be ready to fish quickly once you arrive. Give it a try next time you’re on the river. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdi7q77NP3c&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=76
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