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Video Spotlight: Proven techniques for trout
I love the old-school feel of today's New Fly Fisher videos. And the short film below is a great all-around tutorial on tackling trout (and bass, frankly) fishing in moving water. Using southern Ontario's Grand River as a backdrop, host Bill Spicer chases fish with proven guides that have a lot of great information for…
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Video spotlight: Hank Patterson and the Orvis Ultralight waders
Everybody's favorite community college dropout is back with a review of the new Orvis Ultralight waders. And, of course, the review comes with a host of laughs. Video of Hank Patterson and the Ultralight WadersAfter all, who doesn't take one leg out of their waders and spin themselves around three times while standing in the…
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Video spotlight: How to fish small dry flies in low light
Here's a pretty common challenge: you're on a great stretch of trout water at last light, and fish are rising to small mayflies or tiny micro-caddis flies. You have the right fly, but in the low light, there's virtually no chance you're going to be able to see it. How many times have you been…
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Video spotlight: How to drift a soft hackle
Soft-hackle fishing can be absolutely deadly, particularly for trout that are feeding higher in the water column, but not quite on top. These are the fish that are after emerging bugs, and soft-hackle flies very often draw strikes from these dialed-in fish. Video of How To Drift A Soft Hackle - Fly Fishing Video -…
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Video spotlight: How to spot rising trout
At first blush, the idea of spotting rising trout seems pretty simple. But think about it for a minute—how many times, during low light, have you struggled to see exactly where rising trout are working, simply because you don't have the right background to help you differentiate between water m ovement and honest-to-God risers, sippers…
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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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