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Video spotlight: Trout Heaven
Imagine that perfect, pastoral trout stream where native fish with nary a care rise to mayflies all day long. Just in your dreams? Perhaps your idea of Heaven? Video of Trout HeavenWe should all be so lucky to be able to cast over wild, native brown trout in a sweet little southern Sweden River after…
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Video spotlight: Rio Grande Argentina
Oh, this is going to be good. If you're a fan of fish porn at its most visceral, the trailer below to Todd Moen's new film about fly fishing the Argentina stretch of Tierra de Fuego's Rio Grande River ought to have you foaming at the mouth. This is perhaps the best destination fishery in…
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Video spotlight: Biot horns or wings
This latest installment of the Orvis fly-tying series featuring Tim Flagler covers biots used as "horns" or wings, like in a Prince nymph. Tim has covered the basics of biots and the use of biots for tails in past videos—this one just rounds it out for you. Video of Biot Basics - Biot Horns or…
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Video spotlight: Biot tails
Biots used in fly tying are often tough to handle. As Tim Flagler notes in the video below, they're slippery and not always cooperative. But biots make good flies great—can you imagine a really good Prince nymph without a goose biot tail? Video of Biot Basics - Biot TailsAbove, Tim offers up a really handy…
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Video spotlight: How to fish sinking lines in a lake
I'm lucky to live where I live, in close proximity to the RIO Fishing Products home offices here in Idaho Falls. The staff at RIO is among the best in the business at the "science" of fly line manufacturing, and the vast majority of them are impressive anglers, too. And, once in a while, I…
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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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