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Tip – how to make a single-handed spey cast
Learn from Far Bank’s Simon Gawesworth how valuable the single-handed spey cast can be...even for the trout angler, with a trout rod. Simon walks us through the gear we need, why a good roll cast is an essential start and exactly how to perform this cast with efficiency and ease. Give it a watch and…
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Tip – reach cast
Orvis continues to come out with great videos teaching us tips to help our fishing. This video is no different from fly fishing instructor, Pete Kutzer. The reach cast helps anglers put a mend in the line to get a drag-free drift before it’s on the water. Watch and learn and then give it a…
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Tip – casting heavy flies
Now that we know how to cast sinking lines and how to add terminal tackle appropriately, let’s learn how to cast heavy and/or larger flies. Orvis’ Pete Kutzer walks us through some tips on how best to get these flies into the zone now that trout are deeper. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFtVLXzDq_A&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=85
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Tip – adding tippet to a sinking line
It’s time to start fishing with sinking line.
The fish are starting to move deeper in the water column, so it’s time to start fishing with sinking line. Watch Tom Rosenbauer from Orvis explain how to add terminal tackle to a sinking line and why you’d do this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqFIGEYUKm0&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=83
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‘We never give up.’ Watch Chris Wood’s State of Trout Unlimited 2024
We’ve accomplished so much over the past year. Salmon are returning to the Klamath River after the largest dam removal project anywhere. Apache trout are off the endangered species list and on the road to recovery. Good Samaritan abandoned mine cleanup legislation is nearing the finish line. From Vermont to Virginia and the Driftless to…
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Jeremy Brooks scholarship affords Wisconsin student summer opportunity to work and learn
By Kyle Kamm Heading into my senior year studying fisheries management at The University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, I was fortunate as the recipient of the 2024 Jeremy Brooks Memorial Scholarship to be able to spend this past summer working in multiple aspects of fisheries management throughout a summer internship with Trout Unlimited. …
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Tip – casting sinking lines
Now that fish are moving deeper, it’s time to cast sinking lines. Watch these tips from Orvis on how to cast these lines for the most effective presentations to deeper trout. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo9MGTxRomc&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=86
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