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Video spotlight: Rigging and fishing a hooper-streamer dropper
This time of year, when the big terrestrial bugs are out and about, trout are definitely looking up. But trout, like any fishy predator, are opportunists—that's why the "hopper-dropper" set-up with a high-floating bug on top followed a couple feet down by a nymph is so en vogue. But what about a hopper and streamer?…
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Video spotlight: Arctic Char in Baffin Bay
The Arctic char of Nunavut, the northern-most Canadian territory that lies just west of Greenland across Baffin Bay, are amazing fish. They cruise into rivers and streams running into the Arctic Ocean on tidal flows starting in the summer, and they are aggressive eaters. In the fall, just like their char cousins, the Dolly Varden,…
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Video spotlight: Costa Rica Jungle Trout Fishing
When I first heard that, some time ago, rainbow trout had been introduced to the high-mountain streams of Costa Rica, I was, to say the least, surprised. But it makes sense. These high-elevation streams are shaded by the jungle canopy and temperatures are pretty mild in the mountains all year long. And, if you squint…
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Video spotlight: Biot Basics
Fly-tying materials, particularly for new tiers, can be confounding. And it doesn't help when professional tiers go all out with exotic materials that are both expensive and super hard to find. But some materials are easy to get a hold of, and, with some advice from seasoned tiers, can be put to use right away,…
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Video spotlight: How to set up a hopper-dropper rig
Ah, hopper season. For dry-fly anglers, it's like Christmas, the Fourth of July and the day we got our first bicycle all rolled up into one. Fat, floating hunks of foam and rubber legs that bring big fish to the top? Oh, hell yeah. But let's face it. Even during "hopper season," trout don't always…
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Video spotlight: Hook basics—shapes and proportions
I'm loving this ongoing series on "Hook Basics" done by Tim Flagler of Tightline Media and sponsored by Orvis. These simple videos are particularly salient to new fly tiers who might struggle at the fly shop in search of the right hook for the right fly. Video of Hook Basics - Shapes & ProportionsThere are…
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Video spotlight: Out of Office
Some of my favorite fishing adventures have involved the wonderful people I work with at Trout Unlimited. From thigh-busting hikes into the canyons of Colorado's Roan Plateau, the lubricated walk-and-wade excursions into the Wyoming Range backcountry, fishing with my co-workers–some of my dearest friends—always seems more ... productive. Yeah, we talk shop. We take in…
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