Trout Angler Destinations Recommended by Orvis
Seth Berger of Orvis walks through his favorite fishing destinations for trout anglers looking to expand their horizons, from Chile and Yellowstone to Belize and Iceland.
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Alaska Will Change Forever: Go Now
Alaska, a land renowned for its wild, untouched landscapes and abundant wildlife, offers some of the most spectacular fly fishing experiences in the world. But with increasing popularity and looming...
Fly Fishing Insider Podcast Episodes
Alaska Dry Fly Season and Not Moving as an Angler
Alaska's big rainbows are almost never caught on a dry fly. A lodge owner walks through the real season, from spring streamers to fall lake-run fish, and what the trip...
The Hinged Nymphing Technique
A yarn indicator, a tippet matched to water depth, and a cast that puts the fly in first: how hinged nymphing gives you real control over depth.
Keep Our Salmon Safe
How a voluntary farm certification protects Pacific salmon: seven watershed standards, a high-hazard chemistry list, and the tire compound killing coho.
How to Streamer Fish for Migratory Fish
Kodie Kowitz guided Alaska for 12 seasons and now guides Michigan steelhead. He covers jig-head streamers, strip-pause retrieves, where migratory fish hold by season, and why changing flies wastes time.
Fishing Opportunities in the Great Lakes Areas and Invasive Species
A Great Lakes reporter on what northern Michigan offers anglers, and the survey research showing that knowing about an invasive species does almost nothing to change behavior.
Go Catch Steelhead if You Want to Have Fun Fly Fishing
Austin Leonard is a steelhead guy who enjoys the pursuit of a challenging species. Austin shares his life stories and the purpose behind his near addiction.
Eric Leininger on When Fly Fishing You Need to Bring Your A-Game to Get the Ten with Steelhead and Carp
A Portland guide breaks down the welded T-8, T-11 and T-14 sink tip he built for winter steelhead, and the sight-fishing program he runs for Columbia River carp.
Episode 118 - David Hartlin - Catching Atlantic Salmon
Atlantic salmon on public Newfoundland water: small wets while the river is cold, hitched flies as it warms, a guide rule for non-residents, and fish landed in minutes rather than...
Episode 105 - Mark Kurlansky - History of Salmon
Commercial Atlantic salmon fisheries are mostly shut down and returns still fall. Mark Kurlansky on carbon in the ocean, dam economics, and where hatcheries help.
Episode 90 - Jeff Liskay - A Steel Header's 6th sense.
A Lake Erie tributary guide breaks down the six decisions he makes every day on small runoff rivers, from flow readings and clarity to tip weight and how fast to...
Episode 89 - Brian Silvey - 5 Steelhead Tips to Get You On Them.
An Oregon steelhead guide names the five habits he watches clients repeat, from overfishing a bucket with a 70-foot cast to lifting the rod before the fish turns.
Episode 88 - Steelhead Month, featuring The Steelhead Manifesto Blog.
The man behind Steelhead Manifesto on building the blog, designing rods, the 5.2 million steelhead stocked around the Great Lakes, and how he fishes a run.
Episode 79 - Togen's Fly Shop, a Stillwater Tiers Paradise.
How a small British Columbia online fly shop built a business on stillwater tying materials, free instruction and custom kits sized to a beginner's budget.
Guided EP # 15 Jon Ray. Small mouth tactics on the fly for success
Michigan guide Jon Ray on catching smallmouth bass effectively on the fly, the multi-species water he works, and tips that carry over to steelhead.
Episode 68 - Ryan Taylor, Upping the Game by Tying Fly's in hand.
Tying classic salmon flies in hand, with no vise, takes one to three hours per fly and sometimes three sittings. A tyer and painter explains why the slowdown is the...
Guided EP # 8 Brian Silvey "Steelhead will come if your confident"
Brian Silvey on steelhead myths, the lines and techniques he uses to put clients on fish consistently, and the work he does with SA and Winston.
Guided EP # 5 Jeff Liskay, "I live to fish"
Jeff Liskay on a 30-year guiding career, steelhead line selection, and a line change that raises smallmouth bass catch rates.
GDF 20 Dakota Mercer: Catching big Skeena Steelhead with Westcoast fishing Adventures
Dakota Mercer, head guide at Westcoast Fishing Adventures and a Nautilus prostaff, started in the business young and now works to put clients on big Skeena steelhead.