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Fly Fishing Videos
Fishing Attractor Dry Flies With Gary LaFontaine
"DRY FLY on a Stream" shows how to analyze a classic long run and position yourself properly to fish attractor dry fly patterns. As LaFontaine points out, it is often better to position oneself for an across-and-down presentation, which allows more options with attractors than the classic up-and-across-stream cast.
Fly Fishing Videos
"Bass"
R.A. BEATTIE'S artful clip captures the essence of his experiences pursuing small- and largemouth bass on Lake Powell, on the border between Arizona and Utah.
Fly Fishing Techniques: Trout
When Drag is Desirable
IMPARTING MOVEMENT TO A DRY FLY is one of the most effective and exciting ways to fish dry flies, but it must be done under the right circumstances with special techniques that distinguish movement given to the fly by the fisherman from ordinary drag. Insects on the surface of the water move, no question, but when insects move they do it without creating a V-shaped wake that drag usually creates. When you purposely give movement to a fly, it should look like a skater gliding across the surface rather than a swimmer doing the crawl. If this is done properly, a skated fly will draw trout from six feet away, fish that might not be induced to take any other fly. It's more an active technique that you should use like a streamer fly to provoke strikes than a passive technique where you pitch a fly to a trout's suspected position and wait for him to inhale your fly.
Fly Fishing Videos
New: MidCurrent Fly Fishing Videos
WE'VE LONG FELT that the best way to demonstrate and teach many aspects of fly fishing — knots, casting, fly tying, even presentation — was with video. Now that coaxial cable runs into most urban and suburban households, plenty of clever and imaginative fly fishers are taking the medium and using it to showcase their talents.
For a complete list of all videos on the site, just go to our Videos index page. Or if you just want a sample of some of the ground being covered, check out "Fish Bum Volume I" ((Mongolia), "Red Gold" (Bristol Bay), or "Tying a Snowshoe Trico Spinner" (fly tying). We'll be adding many more videos in coming weeks, so be sure to check back often.
