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TROUT Tying Tip – top secret midge
Who wouldn’t want to have a top secret fly?
Who wouldn’t want to have a top secret fly, one that all the fish want to eat and anglers around you stare in wonder at your success. Well, follow along as the fine folks at Orvis walk us through the steps to tie the Top Secret Midge. See All Orvis Learning Center Fly Tying Videos
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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. You’ll get the ingredient recipe and a great video to follow along while you give this simple…
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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. Watch this week’s videos to learn some of these skills. See All Orvis Learning Center Videos
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TROUT Tying Tip – get started tying
To get to the fun stuff of tying actual flies sooner, here are a few videos to get you started tying. This week, Tim shows how to load the thread, get it started on the hook, and how to finish a fly with a whip finishing tool. Practicing all these skills before playing with tying…
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TROUT Tying Tip – tying thread sizes
If a fly tying setup was on your Christmas wish list and Santa came through, we’re going to walk you through the basics over the coming weeks to help you get started. This week, watch as Tim Flagler in partnership with Orvis explains fly tying thread sizes, how to know what the sizing means and…
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TROUT Tying Tip – prep for tying flies
We’re starting to share a series of fly tying tips to get us through the winter months. Orvis partnered with renowned fly tyer, Tim Flagler, to create some short video tips. Check out this week’s on an important tip before you even sit at the tying bench. See All Orvis Learning Center Fly Tying Videos
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Choosing to keep lead out of the environs we fish
Lead can poison loons and eagles, but we can choose fly tying alternatives. “I fish mainly because I love the environs where trout are found,” wrote Robert Traver in the preface to his classic book, Trout Madness. The passage came to mind this summer as I paddled my canoe across the lake back to my…
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