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Video spotlight: Jungle Fly Fishing
The primal rainforests of the Amazon basin are slowly revealing their fishy treasures to fly anglers the world over. We're seeing more video footage of everything from golden dorado to the mighty arapaima. But the fish that started it all is likely the decorated peacock bass. Video of Jungle Fly Fishing *TRAILER* Peacock Bass Fishing…
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Video spotlight: Three runs
Russia's Ponoi River might be the last, best place on earth to catch wild Atlantic salmon on the fly in appreciable numbers. And the river's fish are incredibly resilient, largely due to the fact that their habitat is largely intact. The river is home to three runs of salmon (hence the title of the video…
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Video spotlight: The African Tiger
Here in the Western Hemisphere, we're just getting our heads around the notion of South American jungle fish, like golden dorado and massive peacock bass in the Amazon. There's so much to explore ... so many fly-rod targets worth experiencing. But across the Atlantic and quite a ways south, the rivers of Africa are just…
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Video spotlight: A good mining steward
Unfortunately, not every large mining company has the ethical backbone to truly be called a "steward" of the resources they pull from the earth, especially when it comes to what's left over when they're done. To wit, the West is pocked by abandoned mines, SuperFund sites and permanent scars that, even many decades after mining…
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Video spotlight: Bass on a fly
As Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing Host Tom Rosenbauer notes, bass are the top sportfish in North America, and he's right. Just about anywhere you go, from the lakes of Canada to the swamps of the Deep South, bass are readily available. But, as Tom notes, most folks don't chase bass with flies. "The key…
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Video spotlight: River of Life
Todd Moen's latest fly-fishing film is a story of three women and their fights with breast cancer. It's a sobering reminder that, while the "river of life" moves on, some of us fall victim to the cruelest of conditions. And, yet, some find ways to persist, and for these three ladies, fly fishing proved to…
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Video spotlight: How to perfect your forward cast
Ah, the loop. The tight loop. The wide loop. That god-awful tailing loop. As RIO's Simon Gawesworth explains in the video below, the loop is the key to perfecting your forward fly cast. Gawesworth, the brand manager for RIO, walks us through the process to improving your basic forward cast. Don't laugh. Even season anglers…
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