Video: Why You Should Tie with Pine Squirrel – Orvis News
Another excellent Fly Tying video from Tightline Productions, this one on using pine squirrel.
Video: Why You Should Tie with Pine Squirrel – Orvis News
— Read on news.orvis.com/fly-fishing/video-why-you-should-tie-with-pine-squirrel
Video: How to Make a Split-Thread Dubbing Noodle – Orvis News
Here’s a useful technique for tying flies that takes practice, but which can improve the buggy look in many patterns! I found this quite helpful, especially the procedure for splitting thread. Have a look!
Video: How to Make a Split-Thread Dubbing Noodle – Orvis News
— Read on news.orvis.com/fly-fishing/video-make-split-thread-dubbing-noodle
Pro Tips: How to Fish Midge Patterns in Winter – Orvis News
Written by: Zach Matthews, Itinerant AnglerTailwater trout, such as this Bighorn brown, often key on small midges.Photo by Steve Galleta, Bighorn AnglerYou’ve probably been there. Two hours from home, halfway through the thermos of coffee, knee-deep in cold water on a cold day, and not a single, solitary fish to show for it. They’re taunting . . .
Source: Pro Tips: How to Fish Midge Patterns in Winter – Orvis News
Henry Winkler Talks About His Fly Fishing Obsession – InsideHook
Fly Fishing is the passion of people across the spectrum, from regular Joe to celebrity. Here’s an article about 1970s TV star Henry Winkler.
The Manhattan-raised “Happy Days” and “Barry” star discovered fly fishing in the ’90s and he talks with InsideHook about how the hobby changed his life.
— Read on www.insidehook.com/article/arts-entertainment/reel-talk-with-henry-winkler
The dirtier dozen: 12 flies that will catch trout—and more—anywhere they swim | Hatch Magazine – Fly Fishing, etc.
Suggestions for 12 flies that everyone should fish when pursuing trout via Hatch Magazine. What are you favourite 12 flies?
A few weeks ago, a buddy asked me which flies he should tie for the upcoming season. I thought about it for a few minutes, e-mailed him some potential choices, and then remembered a little game I used to play with the annual Orvis Flies & Fly Tying catalog.
— Read on www.hatchmag.com/articles/dirtier-dozen-12-flies-will-catch-trout-and-more-anywhere/7714954
All Things Scud: A Tactical Conversation with Mat Wagner | MidCurrent
Thinking of tying or fishing Scuds in the Grand River next spring? Then you need to read this. Although it’s about Wisconsin’s Driftless Region, most of what’s written here applies to the Grand.
All Things Scud: A Tactical Conversation with Mat Wagner | MidCurrent
— Read on midcurrent.com/flies/all-things-scud-a-tactical-conversation-with-mat-wagner/
Gift Ideas for Fly Tyers
If you have a fly tyer in your family and don’t know what to get them for a Christmas, have a look at these suggestions!
Is the high price of Gore-Tex really worth it? – Paddling Magazine
Although this is not a fly fishing article per se, the fly fishing fraternity has embraced Gore-Tex wading jackets as part of their kit. There’s something to be learned from the backpackers when it comes to jackets and waders too, for that matter. Have a read!
Is the high price of Gore-Tex really worth it? – Paddling Magazine
— Read on paddlingmag.com/stories/columns/reflections/is-the-high-price-of-gore-tex-really-worth-it/
A brown trout quirk | Hatch Magazine – Fly Fishing, etc.
This turned up in the hatchmag.com email newsletter and it confirms what I’ve learned in many seasons fishing for Browns on the Grand River tailwater. Read on!
For the past several seasons I’ve been spending most of my fishing time pursuing brown trout. Free-rising brown trout. While so engaged I’ve been reminded countless times of a feeding quirk particular to this species. It’s this: Brown trout react to food according to their own whims and fancy, completely independent of its presence and abundance. Surround them with a good hatch, spinner fall, or stonefly flight, and brown trout might feed readily, might feed haphazardly, or maybe not at all.
— Read on www.hatchmag.com/articles/brown-trout-quirk/7714946
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