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Tip – advanced streamer fishing
Are you ready to take your streamer fishing to the next level for this fall? Watch this video from Orvis’ Tom Rosenbauer to understand changes in streamers throughout the years, how to rig for streamer fishing, different lines for different scenarios and so much more. Enjoy and we hope you have great success streamer fishing…
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Blue Lines
When I was first introduced to fly fishing by my friend, Bill Sargent, in Vermont, I fell in love with a whisper of a stream that flowed off the Green Mountain National Forest. The brookies were rarely longer than six inches, but the scenery and solitude made up for the lack of fish girth. It…
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The True Cast – Respect
“Game fish are too valuable to be caught only once.”
How does one begin to explain “respect” in the context of a leisure pursuit—fly fishing—that largely revolves around sticking a sharp hook in an animal’s mouth, and then pulling it around by the face, only to release it and let it go, maybe having snapped a photo or two for posterity… or to make a…
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Tip – how to fish nymphs
As the weather cools and bug hatches decrease, it’s time to switch to fishing more nymphs. As that is a trout’s primary diet, learning how to fish them most effectively is certain to boost your success rate. Watch this video to learn more about the flies and gear as well as tips and techniques. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIQJXo3VULs&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=80
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Driftless area ignites teen’s passion for fishing and conservation
Lauren Genske’s earliest forays into trout fishing didn’t go exactly as planned. Consider her first outing in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area when she was about 11 or 12. “My dad was supposed to be taking me to go morel mushroom hunting,” recalled Genske, who lives a couple hours north of the Driftless region in Antigo, Wisc.…
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Hooked
Snake River ambassador, Josh Warnick’s, journey to falling in love with the art of steelheading From first learning to fish in Mexico with makeshift reels made from plastic bottles and spare line to now guiding on some of the Olympic Peninsula and British Columbia’s most famed steelhead waters, Josh Warnick has spent his life fishing…
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Tip – how to fish streamers
This time of year, many fish are looking to bulk up for winter, so fishing streamers can be thrilling. Give this video from Far Bank Fly Fishing School’s Simon Gawesworth a watch to learn more about how to fish with streamers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obiSR60BSS0&list=PLf2jMTk22hA104BZdrAQUZSCHsz_P_3pN&index=2