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TROUT 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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Go fish yourself
Last year was quite a ride, wasn’t it? Aside from all the good stuff, - I hope we all found lots to be thankful for throughout 2025 – we saw plenty of ugliness that we hopefully won’t see again. Without going into detail, I will simply opine that our nation may be as angry now…
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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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The True Cast – Equality
“All men are equal before fish.” –Herbert Hoover
“All men are equal before fish.” –Herbert Hoover Regardless of what you might say about our 31st President, who bears the ignominious reputation for leading the United States into the Great Depression nearly a century ago, he at least had this thought right. At the end of the day, the rivers or oceans don’t care—nor…
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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. 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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Is trout fishing better out West? Or just different?
The instant the trout ate I felt my courtesy rewarded.
The instant the trout ate I felt my courtesy rewarded. A few minutes earlier, Erik Johnsen and I had slipped down the dusty riverbank trail to a sweet-looking run on Colorado’s Eagle River, not too far from Vail. Johnsen wanted me to have the first shot, but I wasn’t having it. “It’s all you,” I…
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