TROUT Tips – fly line color
As you’re starting to think about your fishing season ahead, have you considered whether fly line colors matter or not?
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TROUT Tip – spot rising fish
If you’re new to fishing, it can be tough to know what you’re looking for when searching for rising fish. And that season is about to kick off around the country, so learn more with Orvis. See All Orvis Learning Center Videos
TROUT Tip – casting in dense cover
The crew at Orvis gives us tips on how to deal with this situation.
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TROUT Tip – small stream gear
If you haven’t checked out small stream fishing yet, now is the time.
TROUT Tip – hopper dropper alternative
It’s terrestrial time, so leading your rig with a hopper (aka grasshopper) is a great idea.
TROUT Tip – balanced bugs for lakes
We don’t know about you, but we’re having a blast figuring out the puzzle pieces to lake fishing.
TROUT Tips – more streamer tips
Give this Orvis tip video a watch to get some ideas to use while fishing streamers.
TROUT Tip – mastering the reach cast
The reach cast is a critical piece to add to your quiver of casting tools to smoothly deliver a fly and help ensure a drag-free drift.
TROUT Tip – parachute and pile casts
It’s always nice to have more tools in your casting arsenal to present a fly effectively. That is certainly true when fishing the tails of pools, where you’ll often find big trout holding and feeding.
The Trout and I Both Need a Break
I get a pretty serious case of the blues after the end of the Wisconsin trout season. The past few years warm weather has lasted well into October, and late season terrestrial fishing has been epic. So, I end the season in a kind of manic flurry because the fishing is great and the sand is falling through the hourglass. When the end comes, it comes hard,…
TROUT Tip – sight fishing nymphs
Learn how to sight fish with nymphs in this week’s video tip from Orvis’s Tom Rosenbauer.
TROUT Tying Tip – all about hooks
Here are a few more videos to get you started. Understanding hook sizes, debarbing them and securing them to the vise will get you on your way to tying your first fly.
TROUT Tying Tip – prepping materials
As we continue our tips for tying flies, it’s finally time to gather your materials, understand them, measure them and start spinning up some flies.
TROUT Tying Tip – simple midge
A midge is a good place to start learning to tie flies. Not only is it an effective fly pattern, but it is also fairly simple to tie and is often a go-to fly for winter fly fishing.
TROUT Tying tip – pheasant tail
Follow along on this fly tying video from Orvis and then get to tying these in various sizes to cover many situations.
TROUT Tying Tip – woolly bugger
Another fly you shouldn’t leave home without is the woolly bugger. You can tie in a wide spectrum of colors and sizes, and is a good trout producing streamer in lakes or rivers. So, follow along with this week’s fly tying video from Orvis to master this pattern. See All Orvis Learning Center Fly Fishing Video Lessons
TROUT Tying Tip – Prince nymph
Another nymph that can save a day of fishing is worth learning to tie; the prince nymph comes in a variety of styles. Dial in tying this pattern to fill your boxes with a few sizes to prepare for spring fishing. See All Orvis Learning Center Fly Tying Videos
TROUT Tying Tip – Copper John
This fast-sinking, highly-effective fly pattern is ideal for imitating mayflies or even stoneflies, especially in fast-moving water. Created by John Barr in the early 1990’s this is a great pattern for spring fishing. Tie some up today with these tips from Orvis. See All Orvis Learning Center Fly Tying Videos